Beyond the Three-Component Model of Organizational Commitment

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-83

  Solinger, Omar N ^a   van Olffen, Woody ^a   Roe, Robert A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attitudinal theory; conceptual analysis; organizational commitment; theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 38949171744     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.1.70     Document Type: Article

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