Organizational identification and commitment of members of a human development organization

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-268

  Chan, Sow Hup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Communication; Control systems; Human resource development; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745865201     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710610648178     Document Type: Article

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