Retaining Student Workers: The Importance of Organizational Commitment

Recreational Sports Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-126

  Turner, Brian A ^a   Jordan, Jeremy S ^a   DuBord, Rhonda R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

administration; college recreational sports; employee attitudes; human resource management; turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049142607     PISSN: 15588661     EISSN: 1558867X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/rsj.29.2.117     Document Type: Article

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