Employee attitudes toward job changes: An application and extension of rusbult and farrell's investment model

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-272

  Van Dam, Karen ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 21144432114     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317904X23745     Document Type: Review

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