Organizational commitment: Clarifying the concept and simplifying the existing construct typology

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 230-251

  Brown, Randall B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030524997     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1996.0042     Document Type: Article

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