Does a corresponding set of variables for explaining voluntary organizational turnover transfer to explaining voluntary occupational turnover?

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-148

  Blau, Gary ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparing organizational versus occupational turnover; Occupational turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846297030     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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