Organizational commitment in the military: Application of a profile approach

Military Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-401

  Meyer, John P ^a   Kam, Chester ^b   Goldenberg, Irina ^c   Bremner, Nicholas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Latent profile analysis; Military; Organizational commitment; Retention; Three component model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890052971     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: 15327876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/mil0000007     Document Type: Article

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