Harmony and organizational citizenship behavior in Chinese organizations

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1110-1129

  Chin, Tachia ^a  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

China; citizenship behavior; culture; harmony; job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922254336     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2014.934882     Document Type: Article

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