The relationship between employee engagement and organizational citizenship behaviour in Thailand

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-174

  Rurkkhum, Suthinee ^a   Bartlett, Kenneth R ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural issues; Employee engagement; Human resource development practices; Organizational citizenship behaviour; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016448930     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2012.664693     Document Type: Article

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