The causal relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1265-1276

  Huang, Tung Chun ^a,b   Hsiao, Wan Jung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Causal relationship; Job characteristics; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Personal characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849178805     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.9.1265     Document Type: Article

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