Exploring Differences in Employee Turnover Intentions and Its Determinants among Telecommuters and Non-Telecommuters

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 147-164

  Igbaria, Magid ^a,b,c,d   Guimaraes, Tor ^e,f,g,h,i  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Organization commitment; Role ambiguity; Role conflict; Telecommuting; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033277420     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1999.11518237     Document Type: Article

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