Organizational citizenship behaviour in IT professionals: An expectancy theory approach

Management Research Review

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1170-1186

  Chou, Shih Yung ^a   Pearson, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees behaviour; Information technology; Information technology professionals; Job satisfaction; Organizational citizenship behaviour; Stress; Trust; United States of America; Valence of job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867792116     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171211281282     Document Type: Article

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