The Relationships of Role Clarity and Organization-Based Self-Esteem to Commitment to Supervisors and Organizations and Turnover Intentions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1455-1485

  Panaccio, Alexandra ^a   Vandenberghe, Christian ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 79959371736     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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