Full-Time and Part-Time Subgroup Differences in Job Attitudes and Demographic Characteristics

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-357

  Sinclair, Robert R ^a   Martin, James E ^a   Michel, Robert P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Organizational commitment; job attitudes; part time workers; work status; investment model; social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010600655     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1999.1686     Document Type: Article

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