Reasons for working part-time: Subgroup differences in job attitudes and turnover intentions

Career Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-162

  Maynard, Douglas C ^a   Thorsteinson, Todd J ^b   Parfyonova, Natalya M ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Careers; Employee attitudes; Employee turnover; Job satisfaction; Part time workers; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645698233     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430610651895     Document Type: Article

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