On-the-job embeddedness as a mediator between conscientiousness and school teachers' contextual performance

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-83

  Lev, Smadar ^a   Koslowsky, Meni ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Job embeddedness; Job performance; On the job embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857319867     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2010.535656     Document Type: Article

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