Quality of working life turnover intention in information technology work

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-423

  Korunka, Christian ^a   Hoonakker, Peter ^b   Carayon, Pascale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOB SATISFACTION; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; CORE MODELING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT); INTERNATIONAL (CO); IT ORGANIZATIONS; JOB DEMANDS; MANUFACTURING WORK; PATH ANALYSIS; WORKING LIFE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 47349121059     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20099     Document Type: Article

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