I pledge thee my troth ... contingently: Commitment and the contingent work relationship

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-208

  Gallagher, Daniel G ^a   Parks, Judi McLean ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Contingent work; Psychological contracts; Temporary work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037847216     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(00)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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