Cash incentives and turnover in center-based child care staff

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-378

  Gable, Sara ^a   Rothrauff, Tanja C ^a   Thornburg, Kathy R ^a   Mauzy, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash incentive programs; Center based staff; Turnover rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548010503     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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