The mediated influence of hostile attributional style on turnover intentions

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-343

  Harvey, Paul ^a   Harris, Kenneth J ^b   Martinko, Mark J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Job satisfaction; Stress; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649097839     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-008-9073-1     Document Type: Article

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