Instrumental and Ideological Union Commitment: Longitudinal Assessment of Construct Validity

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 98-111

  Sjöberg, Anders ^a,b   Sverke, Magnus ^c  

^a Psykologiförlaget AB   (Sweden)

^b Box 47054 ^*  (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Employee attitudes; Labor unions; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035585732     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.17.2.98     Document Type: Article

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