Employee commitment in retail banking: Identifying and exploring hidden dangers

International Journal of Bank Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 124-137

  Durkin, Mark ^a   Bennett, Hadyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Employee attitudes; Financial services; Internal marketing; Organizational change; Services marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052289     PISSN: 02652323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02652329910269239     Document Type: Article

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