Are Commitment Profiles Stable and Predictable? A Latent Transition Analysis

Journal of Management

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1462-1490

  Kam, Chester ^a   Morin, Alexandre J S ^b   Meyer, John P ^c   Topolnytsky, Laryssa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Korn/Ferry International   (United States)

Author keywords

change management; commitment; latent transition analysis; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960435237     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313503010     Document Type: Article

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