Organizational antecedents of employee perceived organizational support in China: A grounded investigation

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 422-446

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Farh, Jiing Lih ^b   Wang, Hui ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

antecedents of organizational support; China; perceived organizational support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858959400     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.560886     Document Type: Article

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