Behavioral commitment among the automobile workers in South Korea

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-451

  Kim, Sang Wook ^a  

^a Dongshin University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0033474639     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(99)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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