Discriminant validation of measures of organizational commitment, job involvement, and job satisfaction among Swedish army officers

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-55

  Nystedt, Lars ^b   Sjöberg, Anders ^a   Hägglund, Gösta ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Commitment; Discriminant validation; Involvement; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141886834     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00097     Document Type: Article

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