African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

Incentives as correlates of employees’ loyalty towards management in organisation

Idowu H. A. O.
  • Idowu H. A. O.
  • Department of Family, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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Soyebo K. O.
  • Soyebo K. O.
  • Department of Management and Accounting, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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Adeoye E. A.
  • Adeoye E. A.
  • Department of Management and Accounting, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 27 September 2017
  •  Accepted: 11 September 2018
  •  Published: 28 June 2019

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