Reluctant employees and felt stress: The moderating impact of manager decisiveness

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-83

  Mulki, Jay Prakash ^a   Jaramillo, Fernando ^b   Malhotra, Shavin ^c   Locander, William B ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Felt stress; Manager's decisiveness; Resistance to change; Turnover intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155134828     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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