Development of Affective Organizational Commitment: A Cross-Sequential Examination of Change with Tenure

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-136

  Beck, Karen ^a,b   Wilson, Carlene ^a,b  

^a National Police Research Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cohort analysis; cross sequential measurement; developmental method; Organizational commitment; police personnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005959905     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1999.1712     Document Type: Article

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