The development of a knowledge sharing construct to predict turnover intentions

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-248

  Jacobs, Everd ^a   Roodt, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Factor analysis; Knowledge sharing; Nurses; Questionnaires; South Africa

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EMPLOYEE TURNOVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

QUERY PROCESSING;

EID: 34249750974     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530710752034     Document Type: Article

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