The relationship between immediate turnover and employee theft in the restaurant industry

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 561-577

  Thoms, Peg ^a   Wolper, Paula ^b   Scott, Kimberly S ^c   Jones, Dave ^d  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Wrigley Company   (United States)

^d BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Restaurant; Theft; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035629346     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007866800248     Document Type: Article

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