Psychological empowerment and organizational commitment: The moderating effect of organizational learning culture

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-441

  Shim, Ji Hyun ^b  

^a Brian)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational commitment; Organizational learning; Psychological empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871118635     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2010.501963     Document Type: Article

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