Understanding daily citizenship behaviors: A social comparison perspective

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-571

  Spence, Jeffrey R ^a   Ferris, D Lance ^b   Brown, Douglas J ^c   Heller, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affect; Belief in a just world; Intraindividual processes; Organizational citizenship behavior; Social comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954616713     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.738     Document Type: Article

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