Turnover of information technology professionals: A narrative review, meta-analytic structural equation modeling, and model development

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 547-577

  Joseph, Damien ^a   Ng, Kok Yee ^a   Koh, Christine ^a   Ang, Soon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

IT professionals; MASEM; Meta analysis; Review; Structural equation modeling; Turnover; Turnover intention

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

IT PROFESSIONALS; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TURNOVER INTENTION;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 34548383363     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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