An empirical study of PM professionals' commitment to their profession and employing organizations

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 377-386

  Wang, Xiaojin ^a   Armstrong, Anona ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Organizational commitment; Professional commitment; Project management professional

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; MANAGERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT (OC); POSTGRADUATES; PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT (PC);

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1942498733     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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