A self-regulation approach to understanding citizenship behavior in organizations

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-139

  Bolino, Mark C ^a   Harvey, Jaron ^b   Bachrach, Daniel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational citizenship behavior; Self concept orientations; Self regulation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864030908     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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