Combined effects of the three commitment components on focal and discretionary behaviors: A test of Meyer and Herscovitch's propositions

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 331-345

  Gellatly, Ian R ^a   Meyer, John P ^b   Luchak, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organizational behavior; Organizational commitment; Work attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750621313     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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