Antecedents and outcomes of contingent workers' attitudes toward their temporary help services firm: A unit level longitudinal investigation

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 850-868

  Subramony, Mahesh ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent workers; Customer orientation; Employee organization relationship; Temporary help services

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960279252     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.716     Document Type: Article

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