Assessing Cross-National Invariance of the Three-component Model of Organizational Commitment: A Six-Country Study of European University Faculty

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-373

  Eisinga, Rob ^a   Teelken, Christine ^b   Doorewaard, Hans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

affective organizational commitment; continuance organizational commitment; cross national comparison; measurement invariance; normative organizational commitment; three component model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957874014     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397110370932     Document Type: Article

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