Organizational embeddedness and occupational embeddedness across career stages

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 336-351

  Ng, Thomas W H ^a   Feldman, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career stability; Job embeddedness; Job stability; Job turnover; Occupational embeddedness; Organizational change; Organizational embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947168702     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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