Time frames for leaving: An explorative study of employees' intentions to leave the organization in the future

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 560-571

  Van Dam, Karen ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Careers; Employee turnover; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849109536     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810901697     Document Type: Article

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