Accountability and satisfaction: Organizational support as a moderator

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 458-471

  Wikhamn, Wajda ^a   Hall, Angela T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Job satisfaction; Perceived organizational support (POS); Sweden; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927564542     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-07-2011-0022     Document Type: Article

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