Alienation and its correlates: A meta-analysis

European Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-36

  Chiaburu, Dan S ^a   Thundiyil, Tomas ^a   Wang, Jiexin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee alienation; Job attitudes; Job performance; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892504760     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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