Are the effects of conscientiousness on contextual and innovative performance context specific? Organizational culture as a moderator

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 174-189

  Wang, Hui ^a   Begley, Thomas ^b   Hui, Chun ^c   Lee, Cynthia ^d,e  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

conscientiousness; contextual; innovative job performance; organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858956023     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.561246     Document Type: Article

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