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Antecedents and consequences of basic versus career enrichment benefit satisfaction

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Gary Blau at Temple University
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Kimberly K. Merriman at University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Donna Surges Tatum
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Using a sample of 250 medical technologists (MTs) over a four-year time period, this study presents initial evidence for differentiating two different facets of benefit satisfaction—basic and career enrichment. Basic benefit satisfaction exhibited stronger relationships to subsequent general benefit satisfaction, organizational withdrawal intent, and turnover behavior, while career enrichment benefit satisfaction exhibited a stronger relationship to subsequent affective organizational commitment. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Antecedents and consequences of basic versus career enrichment benefit satisf...
Gary Blau; Kimberly Merriman; Donna Surges Tatum; Sally V Rudmann
Journal of Organizational Behavior; Sep 2001; 22, 6; ABI/INFORM Global
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