The role of mentoring in promoting organizational commitment among black managers: An evaluation of the indirect effects of racial similarity and shared racial perspectives

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 732-738

  Brown, Brian P ^a   Zablah, Alex R ^b   Bellenger, Danny N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Job satisfaction; Mentoring; Organizational commitment; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949137243     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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