Effects of management communication, opportunity for learning, and work schedule flexibility on organizational commitment

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 474-489

  Ng, Thomas W H ^a   Butts, Marcus M ^a   Vandenberg, Robert J ^a   DeJoy, David M ^b   Wilson, Mark G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646572565     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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