Commitment across cultures: Progress, pitfalls, and propositions

Commitment in Organizations: Accumulated Wisdom and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 309-343

  Arzu Wasti, S ^a   Önder, Çetin ^b  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84921334135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203882122     Document Type: Chapter

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