Demographic and psychological factors predicting organizational commitment among industrial workers

Anthropologist

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-38

  Salami, Samuel O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Career salience; Emotional intelligence; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749123495     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2008.11891026     Document Type: Article

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