Dimensionality and consequences of employee commitment to supervisors: A two-study examination

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-312

  Landry, Guylaine ^a   Panaccio, Alexandra ^b   Vandenberghe, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commitment to supervisors; Emotional exhaustion; Intention to leave the supervisor; Supervisor directed negative affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77950607973     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223981003648302     Document Type: Article

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