The measurement of organizational commitment

1979/04/01 by Richard T Mowday, Richard T. Mowday, Richard M Steers +3 · 8,738 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Health Professions · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Applied psychology #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #Organizational commitment #Psychology #Social psychology #Workplace Health and Well-being #Workplace Violence and Bullying

paper · doi:10.1016/0001-8791(79)90072-1

published in Journal of Vocational Behavior 14(2), 224-247 (Elsevier BV)

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