Commitment before and after: An evaluation and reconceptualization of organizational commitment

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 336-354

  Cohen, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; Commitment propensity; Instrumental commitment; Normative commitment; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548452588     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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