Commitment in business-to-business relationships. The role of organizational and personal needs

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 645-652

  Tellefsen, Thomas ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer behaviour; Commitment; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036837206     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-8501(01)00172-9     Document Type: Article

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