The Role of Mentoring and Supervisor Support for State IT Employees' Affective Organizational Commitment

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-78

  Reid, Margaret F ^a   Allen, Myria Watkins ^a   Riemenschneider, Cynthia K ^a   Armstrong, Deborah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affective organizational commitment; leader member exchange; mentoring; public sector IT employees

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249138494     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X07311703     Document Type: Article

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