Importance of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour for Overall Performance Evaluation: Comparing the Role of Task Interdependence in China and the USA

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-276

  Bachrach, Daniel G ^a   Wang, Hui ^b   Bendoly, Elliot ^d   Zhang, Shuoyang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural test; KEYWORDS collectivism; organizational citizenship behaviour; overall performance evaluation; performance attributions; task interdependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951010598     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2007.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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