Organizational commitment and auditors in public accounting

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 354-375

  Kalbers, Lawrence P ^a   Cenker, William J ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditors; Job satisfaction; Organizational politics; Role ambiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247111292     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900710741928     Document Type: Article

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