Making sense of organizational actions with virtue frames and its links to organizational attachment

Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 34-59

  Rhee, Seung Yoon ^a   Dutton, Jane E ^a   Bagozzi, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotions; Organizational Attachment; Organizational Identification; Self construals; Sensemaking; Virtue Frames

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007889257     PISSN: 14766086     EISSN: 1942258X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766080609518610     Document Type: Article

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