Assessing social identity and collective efficacy as theories of group motivation at work

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 963-980

  Lewis, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Social identity; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952952726     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.555136     Document Type: Article

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