Linking organizational identification and employee performance in teams: The moderating role of team-member exchange

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3187-3201

  Liu, Yan ^a   Loi, Raymond ^a   Lam, Long W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Employee performance; Organizational identification; Self verification; Social exchange; Social identity; Team member exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053099597     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.560875     Document Type: Article

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