Organizational justice and organizational commitment among South Korean police officers: An investigation of job satisfaction as a mediator

Policing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 402-423

  Crow, Matthew M ^a   Lee, Chang Bae ^a   Joo, Jae Jin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Honam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Justice; Organizational commitment; Organizational justice; Organizations; Police; Republic of Korea; South Korean police; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861815907     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511211230156     Document Type: Article

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