New evidence in an old debate: Investigating the relationship between HR satisfaction and turnover

International Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-395

  Khilji, Shaista E ^a   Wang, Xiaoyun ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developing country; Human resource management; Pakistan; Performance; Satisfaction; Strategic human resource management; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248549694     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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