The role of leader-member and social network relations in newcomers' role performance

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-104

  Jokisaari, Markku ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Citizenship behavior; Job performance; LMX; Organizational socialization; Role performance; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875391123     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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