Exploring the impacts of employee advocacy on job satisfaction and organizational commitment: Case of Taiwanese airlines

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-100

  Yeh, Ying Pin ^a  

^a YU DA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Employee empowerment; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Organizational innovation; Supervisor support

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84892989626     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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