Retail employee turnover: Effects of realistic job information and interviewer affect

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-199

  Ramaseshan, B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interviewer affect; Realistic job information; Retail employee turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042227464     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-6989(96)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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