The effect of law enforcement stress on organizational commitment

Policing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 321-336

  Jaramillo, Fernando ^a   Nixon, Robert ^b   Sams, Doreen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Police; Promotion; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544449758     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510510597933     Document Type: Review

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