Employee commitment: the key to absence management in local government?

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 430-441

  Bennett, Hadyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Commitment; Local government; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986161349     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730210449320     Document Type: Article

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