Organizational commitment among software developers

Management Labour Process and Software Development: Reality bytes

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 169-195

  Baldry, Chris ^a   Scholarios, Dora ^b   Hyman, Jeff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905548429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203502952     Document Type: Chapter

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