Work satisfaction, organizational commitment and withdrawal behaviours

Management Research News

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 708-723

  Falkenburg, Karin ^a   Schyns, Birgit ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Employee behaviour; Employee relations; Employee turnover; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992924997     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170710823430     Document Type: Article

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