The relationship between individual values, psychological well-being, and organizational commitment among Israeli police officers

Policing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-51

  Cohen, Aaron ^a   Shamai, Orit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employee behaviour; Israel; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649294938     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511011020584     Document Type: Article

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