Perceived sacrifice and few alternatives commitments: The motivational underpinnings of continuance commitment's subdimensions

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-72

  Vandenberghe, Christian ^a   Panaccio, Alexandra ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career success; Continuance commitment; Feedback seeking; Few alternatives; Job scope; Perceived sacrifice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862306008     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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