Antecedents, Mediators, and Consequences of Affective, Normative, and Continuance Commitment: Empirical Tests of Commitment Effects in Federal Agencies

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-226

  Min Park, Sung ^a   Rainey, Hal G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

job satisfaction; leadership; organizational behavior; organizational commitment; public management

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149105158     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X06296866     Document Type: Article

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