Organizational commitment among public transit employees: An assessment study

Transportation Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-98

  Obeng, Kofi ^a   Ugboro, Isaiah ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL RATING; PERSONNEL TESTING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PUBLIC TRANSIT EMPLOYEES;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0038274685     PISSN: 02789434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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