Retaining staff employees: The relationship between human resources management strategies and organizational commitment

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-193

  Buck, Jeffrey M ^a   Watson, John L ^b  

^a ANDERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sullivan County Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resources management strategies; Organizational commitment; Staff turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644553679     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017916922194     Document Type: Review

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