Average employee tenure, voluntary turnover ratio, and labour productivity: Evidence from Japanese firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1841-1857

  Yanadori, Yoshio ^a   Kato, Takao ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Japanese firms; Labour productivity; Strategic human resource management; Voluntary turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548965034     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701570981     Document Type: Article

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