Demystifying moderate variables of the interrelationships among affective commitment, job performance, and job satisfaction of construction professionals

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 963-971

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Chen, Dongyu ^b   Yu, Jingyu ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Construction management; Employees; Personnel management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCES; CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CORRELATION ANALYSES; EMPLOYEES; ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSIONS; HONG KONG; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; JOB PERFORMANCES; KEY VARIABLES; MANAGEMENT PROCESSES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROJECT GOALS; PROJECT SUCCESSES; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

JOB SATISFACTION;

EID: 56349170343     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:12(963)     Document Type: Article

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