The effects of organizational formalization on organizational commitment and work alienation in US, Japanese and Korean industrial salesforces

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 8-24

  Michaels, Ronald E ^a   Dubinsky, Alan J ^b   Kotabe, Masaaki ^c   Un Lim, Chae ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Formalization; Japan; Korea; Salesforce; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548966859     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090569610123799     Document Type: Article

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