The three-component model of occupational commitment: A comparative study of Chinese and British accountants

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 765-781

  Snape, Ed ^a   Lo, Carlos Wing Hung ^a   Redman, Tom ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; Continuance commitment; Normative commitment; Occupational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349098791     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108323789     Document Type: Article

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