Relationships among five forms of commitment: An empirical assessment

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-308

  Cohen, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0033121453     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199905)20:3<285::AID-JOB887>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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