Measuring Job-Related Situational Strength and Assessing Its Interactive Effects With Personality on Voluntary Work Behavior

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1010-1041

  Meyer, Rustin D ^a   Dalal, Reeshad S ^b   José, Irwin J ^b   Hermida, Richard ^b   Chen, Tiffani R ^b   Vega, Ronald P ^b   Brooks, Charlie K ^a   Khare, Vivek P ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interactionism; moderator; personality; scale development; situational strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898908020     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311425613     Document Type: Article

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