Disentangling organizational commitment: The dangers of the OCQ for research and policy

Personnel Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 114-131

  Benkhoff, Birgit ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking industry; Commitment; Identification; Organizational policy; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031537842     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483489710157823     Document Type: Article

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