A management development model: Measuring organizational commitment and its impact on job satisfaction among executives in a learning organization

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-369

  Pool, Steven ^a   Pool, Brian ^a  

^a ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Learning organizations; Management development; Motivation (psychology)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247118421     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710710740101     Document Type: Article

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