Another look at the locus of control - organizational commitment relationship: It depends on the form of commitment

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 995-1001

  Coleman, Daniel F ^a   Irving, Gregory P ^b   Cooper, Christine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033216657     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199911)20:6<995::AID-JOB955>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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