Individual spirituality at work and its relationship with job satisfaction, propensity to leave and job commitment: An exploratory study among sales professionals

Journal of Human Values

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-167

  Chawla, Vaibhav ^a   Guda, Sridhar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE   (India)

Author keywords

job commitment; job satisfaction; propensity to leave; sales; sales professional; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650251701     PISSN: 09716858     EISSN: 09730737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097168581001600203     Document Type: Article

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