Employee voice behavior: A meta-analytic test of the conservation of resources framework

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-234

  Ng, Thomas W H ^a   Feldman, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation of resources; Employee voice; Performance; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855668148     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.754     Document Type: Article

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