Supervisory behavior, reciprocity and subordinate absenteeism

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 84-92

  Van Dierendonck, Dirk ^a   le Blanc, Pascale M ^b   Van Breukelen, Wim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Individual behaviour; Management; Subordinates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018832     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730210419215     Document Type: Article

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