A person-centered approach to commitment research: Theory, research, and methodology

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 584-612

  Meyer, John P ^a   Morin, Alexandre J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commitment; Mindsets; Mixture models; Person centered; Profiles; Targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958063755     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.2085     Document Type: Article

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