Dimensionality of Cook and Wall's (1980) British Organizational Commitment Scale revisited

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-375

  Mathews, Brian P ^a   Shepherd, Jeryl L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CapGemini   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036389120     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317902320369767     Document Type: Article

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