Organization communication, job stress, organizational commitment, and job performance of accounting professionals in Taiwan and America

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 242-249

  Chen, Jui Chen ^a   Silverthorne, Colin ^b   Hung, Jung Yao ^c  

^a FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accountants; Communications; Job satisfaction; Stress; Taiwan; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745450043     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730610666000     Document Type: Article

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