Exploring the relationships among trust, employee satisfaction, and organizational commitment

Public Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 551-573

  Cho, Yoon Jik ^a   Park, Hanjun ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korean Institute of Public Finance   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Commitment; Satisfaction; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957792273     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2010.525033     Document Type: Article

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