Job Involvement as Obsession-Compulsion: Some Preliminary Empirical Findings
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S. Schwartz suggested that job involvement may be better understood when viewed as obsession-compulsion. In this paper several of the relationships proposed by Schwartz were examined; results offer preliminary support for his viewpoint.
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Article first published: December 1983
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PubMed: 6669677
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