Utility of OCB: Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Group Performance in a Resource Allocation Framework

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 668-694

  Nielsen, Tjai M ^a   Bachrach, Daniel G ^b   Sundstrom, Eric ^c   Halfhill, Terry R ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

group performance; organizational citizenship behavior; resource allocation theory; task interdependence; work teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857274883     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206309356326     Document Type: Article

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