The effects of employee services on organizational commitment and intentions to quit

Personnel Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-237

  Lee, Soo Hoon ^a   Lee, Thomas W ^b   Lum, Choon Fong ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Benefits; Identification; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849141936     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480810850551     Document Type: Article

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