Organizational Commitment: Testing Two Theories
Relations industriellesPublished 12 April 2005Open access
Joel Amernic, Nissim Aranya
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Abstract
A study of organizational commitment of professional accountants who have the chartered accountancy designation, in various occupational settings in Canada, with reference to two alternative theories of organizational commitment.
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Business, Management and Accounting
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