The importance of management style in labour retention

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2007, Pages 5-18

  Taplin, Ian M ^a   Winterton, Jonathan ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Management styles; Management technique; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249158575     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330710722724     Document Type: Article

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