The effects of core self-evaluations and transformational leadership on organizational commitment

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 564-582

  Joo, Baek Kyoo ^a   Yoon, Hea Jun ^b   Jeung, Chang Wook ^b  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core self evaluations; Job commitment; Organizational commitment; Republic of Korea; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865380072     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731211253028     Document Type: Article

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