Statistical and methodological challenges for commitment researchers: Issues of invariance, change across time, and profile differences

Commitment in Organizations: Accumulated Wisdom and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 383-416

  Vandenberg, Robert J ^a   Stanley, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84921367957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203882122     Document Type: Chapter

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