Trust repair: The impact of perceived organisational support and issue-selling

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 724-737

  Webber, Sheila Simsarian ^a   Bishop, Karen ^a   O'Neill, Regina ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees behaviour; Issue selling; Middle management; Organizations; Perceived organizational support; Senior management; Trust; Trust repair; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863428192     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711211243917     Document Type: Article

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