Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Career Outcomes: The Cost of Being a Good Citizen

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 958-984

  Bergeron, Diane M ^a   Shipp, Abbie J ^b   Rosen, Benson ^c   Furst, Stacie A ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

job performance; organizational citizenship behavior; outcome based control system; promotion; task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876008973     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311407508     Document Type: Article

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