Unintended consequences of job redesign psychological contract violations and turnover intentions among full-time and reduced-hours MDs and LPNs

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-246

  Barnett, Rosalind Chait ^a   Gordon, Judith R ^b   Gareis, Karen C ^a   Morgan, Claudia ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Part time work; Professional and non professional employees; Psychological contract violations; Work redesign

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344446789     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366880042000245498     Document Type: Review

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