Safe to engage: Chronic illness and organisational citizenship behaviours at work

International Journal of Disability Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Kirk Brown, Andrea ^a   Van Dijk, Pieter ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Organisational citizenship behaviours; Psychological safety; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865798664     PISSN: 18338550     EISSN: 18344887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jdmr.6.1.1     Document Type: Article

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