Ethical context, organizational commitment, and person-organization fit

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-360

  Valentine, Sean ^a   Godkin, Lynn ^b   Lucero, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical context; Organizational commitment; Person organization fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141783749     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021203017316     Document Type: Article

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