The relationship among ethical climate types, facets of job satisfaction, and the three components of organizational commitment: A study of nurses in Taiwan

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 565-581

  Tsai, Ming Tien ^a   Huang, Chun Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; Continuance commitment; Ethical climate; Job satisfaction; Normative commitment; Nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649122011     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9455-8     Document Type: Article

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