Antecedents and employee outcomes of line managers' perceptions of enabling HR practices

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 845-868

  Kuvaas, Bård ^a   Dysvik, Anders ^a   Buch, Robert ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; HR implementation; Intrinsic motivation; Line managers; Perceived supervisor support; Turnover intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905438158     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12085     Document Type: Article

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