Costing turnover: Implications of work/ family conflict at management level

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-43

  Abbott, Jacqui ^a   Cieri De, Helen ^a   Iverson, Roderick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0002732644     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103841119803600103     Document Type: Article

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