Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction and Attitudes toward Organizational Change: A Study in the Local Government

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 77-88

  Yousef, Darwish Abdulrahman ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; local government; organizational change; organizational commitment; UAE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961201538     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2015.1072217     Document Type: Article

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