Employability and temporary workers' affective commitment: The moderating role of voluntariness

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Espada, Mafalda ^a   Chambel, Maria José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

affective commitment; employability; temporary workers; training; voluntariness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910102376     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2013.108     Document Type: Article

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