New insights into an old debate: Investigating the temporal sequence of commitment and performance at the business unit level

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 503-522

  Winkler, Silvan ^a   König, Cornelius J ^b   Kleinmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84863490085     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: 20448325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8325.2012.02054.x     Document Type: Article

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