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Among all common work-related attitudes, commitment has elicited the most interest from researchers because of the belief that highly committed employees are more likely to generate organizational and individual level outcomes (Razak, Darmawan, & Keeves, 2010).
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Huang, X., Lee, J.CK., Zhang, Z., Wang, J. (2016). Teacher Commitment in Northwest China. In: Lee, J.CK., Yu, Z., Huang, X., Law, E.HF. (eds) Educational Development in Western China. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-232-5_14
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