The Path from Ethical Organisational Culture to Employee Commitment: Mediating Roles of Value Congruence and Work Engagement

Mari Huhtala; Taru Feldt

doi:10.16993/sjwop.6

The Path from Ethical Organisational Culture to Employee Commitment: Mediating Roles of Value Congruence and Work Engagement

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volume 1 (2016): Issue 1

By: Mari Huhtala and Taru Feldt

Open Access

|Apr 2016

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