Affective and normative commitment to organization, supervisor, and coworkers: Do collectivist values matter?

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-413

  Wasti, S Arzu ^a   Can, Özge ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Commitment foci; Coworker commitment; Organizational commitment; Supervisor commitment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749096748     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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