Organizational commitment: Toward a different understanding of the ways people feel attached to their organizations

Management Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-218

  Rego, Arménio ^a   Leite, Regina ^b   Carvalho, Teresa ^a   Freire, Carla ^b   Vieira, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

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EID: 61049368671     PISSN: 15365433     EISSN: 15580946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15365430480000510     Document Type: Article

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