Service behaviours of highly committed financial consultants

Journal of Service Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-343

  Furtmueller, Elfi ^a   van Dick, Rolf ^b   Wilderom, Celeste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austria; Financial service consultants; High commitment; Service behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959584389     PISSN: 17575818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564231111136854     Document Type: Review

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