An Explanatory Model of Job Insecurity and Innovative Work Behavior: Insights from Social Exchange and Threat Rigidity Theory

Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-34

  Niesen, Wendy ^a,b   De Witte, Hans ^a,c   Battistelli, Adalgisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Innovative work behavior (IWB); Job insecurity; Social exchange theory; Threat rigidity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927684153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118713860.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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