Mobley revisited: Dynamism in the process of employee turnover

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1671-1690

  Lee, Gregory John ^a   Rwigema, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Change; Employee turnover; Human resource practises; South Africa; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744543054     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500239333     Document Type: Article

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