Understanding the antecedents, the outcomes and the mediating role of social capital: An employee perspective

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-472

  Parzefall, Marjo Riitta ^a   Kuppelwieser, Volker G ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; Job security; organizational change; Social capital; social exchange; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859607221     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711431853     Document Type: Article

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