Are we on the same page? the performance effects of congruence between supervisor and group trust

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1349-1363

  Carter, Min Z ^a   Mossholder, Kevin W ^b  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group organizational citizenship behavior; Group task performance; Group trust; Supervisor trust; Work group motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATION; TRUST;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; TRUST; WORK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84941170886     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: 19391854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038798     Document Type: Article

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