Market orientation, job satisfaction, commitment and organisational performance: The specific case of local public sector

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-192

  Rodrigues, Ana Paula ^a   Pinho, José Carlos M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Internal marketing; Job satisfaction; Market orientation; Organizational performance; Portugal; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952687371     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506161011047398     Document Type: Article

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