Antecedents of organizational commitment and the mediating role of job satisfaction

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 594-613

  Lok, Peter ^a   Crawford, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Leadership; Organizational cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986078095     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006302     Document Type: Article

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