Commitment to employees: Does it help or hinder small business performance?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-111

  Muse, Lori A ^a   Rutherford, Matthew W ^b   Oswald, Sharon L ^c   Raymond, Jennie E ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Company performance; Organizational commitment to employees; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244467233     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-003-3098-7     Document Type: Article

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