Employees intent to leave: A comparison of determinants of intent to leave versus intent to stay

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-381

  Cho, Seonghee ^a   Johanson, Misty M ^b   Guchait, Priyanko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resources; Intention to leave; Intention to stay; Perceived organizational support

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049089811     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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