An investigation of the antecedents of turnover intention for manufacturing plant managers

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 912-930

  Udo, Godwin J ^a   Guimãrães, Tor ^b   Igbaria, Magid ^c  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Corporate culture; Job satisfaction; Management roles; Managers; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543091021     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579710171280     Document Type: Article

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