Risky business: The role of risk in voluntary turnover decisions

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-318

  Allen, David G ^a   Renn, Robert W ^a   Moffitt, Karen R ^b   Vardaman, James Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Retention; Risk; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548442920     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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