African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4190

Full Length Research Paper

Human resource management practices, employee engagement and organizational citizenship behaviours (ocb) in selected firms in Uganda

Joseph Jakisa Owor
  • Joseph Jakisa Owor
  • Faculty of Business, Uganda Christian University, P.O. Box 4 Mukono, Uganda.
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  •  Received: 17 October 2015
  •  Accepted: 05 January 2016
  •  Published: 14 January 2016

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