The influence of supervisory-support climate and unemployment rate on part-time employee retention. A multilevel analysis

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1005-1022

  Gentry, William A ^a   Kuhnert, Karl W ^a   Mondore, Scott P ^a   Page, Erin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Line managers; Part time workers; Retention; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848960153     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710710833432     Document Type: Review

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