Constructing corporate commitment amongst remote employees: A disposition and predisposition approach

Corporate Communications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-55

  Jacobs, Glenda ^a,b  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Remote workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749083400     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280810848184     Document Type: Article

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