Finding workable levers over work motivation: Comparing job satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational commitment

Administration and Society

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 803-832

  Moynihan, Donald P ^a   Pandey, Sanjay K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Job involvement; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848877441     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399707305546     Document Type: Article

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