Employee acceptance of organizational change: The role of organizational commitment

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Iverson, Roderick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hospital employees; Industrial relations climate; Organizational change; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842548406     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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