Nature of the interactions among organizational commitments: Complementary, competitive or synergistic?

British Journal of Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-447

  Johnson, Russell E ^a   Groff, Kyle W ^a   Taing, Meng U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 73849105256     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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