Team-Member Exchange and Work Engagement: Does Personality Make a Difference?

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-77

  Liao, Fang Yi ^a   Yang, Liu Qin ^a   Wang, Mo ^b   Drown, Damon ^a   Shi, Junqi ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Extraversion; Neuroticism; Team member exchange; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876903003     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-012-9266-5     Document Type: Article

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