Affective commitment and job satisfaction among non-family employees: Investigating the roles of justice perceptions and psychological ownership

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-89

  Sieger, Philipp ^a   Bernhard, Fabian ^b   Frey, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b OMNES Education   (France)

Author keywords

Commitment; Job satisfaction; Justice perceptions; Non family employees; Psychological ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957830381     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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