The theory of work commitment: A facet analysis

Personnel Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 638-649

  Carmeli, Abraham ^a   Elizur, D ^a   Yaniv, Eyal ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Employee involvement; Israel; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249784803     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480710752849     Document Type: Article

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