Why do I feel valued and why do I contribute? A relational approach to employee's organization-based self-esteem and job performance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1018-1040

  Liu, Jun ^a   Hui, Chun ^b   Lee, Cynthia ^c   Chen, Zhen Xiong ^d  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career mentoring; Guanxi; Job performance; Leader member exchange; Organization based self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882248576     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12037     Document Type: Article

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