Exploring turnover intentions among three professional groups of employees

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-206

  Carmeli, Abraham ^a   Weisberg, Jacob ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; Job performance; Job satisfaction; Labour turnover; Occupation; Profession; Turnover intentions; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049095668     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860600616305     Document Type: Article

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