How to turn around 'turnover culture' in IT

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-78

  Moore, Jo Ellen ^a   Burke, Lisa A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042383276     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/503124.503126     Document Type: Article

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