Employees' external representation of their workplace: Key antecedents

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1264-1272

  Lages, Cristiana Raquel ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude theory; External representation of the workplace; Frontline service employees; Workgroup support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861760067     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.10.044     Document Type: Article

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