Work status, gender, and organizational commitment among Korean workers: The mediating role of person-organization fit

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1105-1129

  Seong, Jee Young ^a   Hong, Doo Seung ^b   Park, Won Woo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gender; Korea; Organizational commitment; Person organization fit; Regular and non regular workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869093433     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-011-9248-6     Document Type: Article

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