Reconceptualizing workplace commitment to redress a stretched construct: Revisiting assumptions and removing confounds

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-151

  Klein, Howard J ^a   Molloy, Janice C ^b   Brinsfield, Chad T ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

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EID: 84055189900     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2010.0018     Document Type: Article

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