Studying organizational commitment with the OCQ in the Korean retail context: Its dimensionality and relationships with satisfaction and work outcomes

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 375-399

  Lee, Keun S ^a   Gao, Tao ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

job satisfaction; Korea; Organizational commitment; Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ); retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349485039     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960500197495     Document Type: Article

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