Employee loyalty: An exploration of staff commitment levels towards retailing, the retailer and the store

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-435

  Foster, Carley ^a   Whysall, Paul ^a   Harris, Lynette ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employees; human resources; loyalty; retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449669926     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960802299494     Document Type: Article

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