Shared rewards and goal interdependence for psychological safety among departments in China

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 433-452

  Chen, Guoquan ^a   Tjosvold, Dean ^b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Goal interdependence; Psychological safety; Shared rewards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861479415     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9201-0     Document Type: Article

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