Emotional bonds with supervisor and co-workers: Relationship to organizational commitment in China's foreign-invested companies

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 916-931

  Wang, Yingyan ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active continuance commitment; Affective commitment; Chinese employees; Co workers; Emotional bonds; Foreign invested enterprises; Normative commitment; Passive continuance commitment; Supervisors; Value commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949104850     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801993901     Document Type: Article

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