A Study on the Career Commitment Factor Structure of Knowledge Staff
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Yu CHEN
ABSTRACT
This paper studied the knowledge staff’s career commitment factor structure. The datas from 123 knowledge employees were examined by factor analysis, descriptive analysis and so on. The results showed: a)The career commitment of knowledge staff consists of four dimensions: affective commitment, continuance commitment, career resilience and career loyalty. b)All the reliability and validity indexes of the modified questionnaire are satisfactory.
This paper studied the knowledge staff’s career commitment factor structure. The datas from 123 knowledge employees were examined by factor analysis, descriptive analysis and so on. The results showed: a)The career commitment of knowledge staff consists of four dimensions: affective commitment, continuance commitment, career resilience and career loyalty. b)All the reliability and validity indexes of the modified questionnaire are satisfactory.
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nullY. CHEN, "A Study on the Career Commitment Factor Structure of Knowledge Staff," iBusiness, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2009, pp. 22-27. doi: 10.4236/ib.2009.11004.
nullY. CHEN, "A Study on the Career Commitment Factor Structure of Knowledge Staff," iBusiness, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2009, pp. 22-27. doi: 10.4236/ib.2009.11004.
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