Re-examining the relationship between age and voluntary turnover

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-294

  Ng, Thomas W H ^a   Feldman, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Meta analysis; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049112964     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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