Occupational Stress and Intention to Leave Among Employees in Small and Medium Enterprises

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-137

  Villanueva, Dixie ^a   Djurkovic, Nikola ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

intention to leave; occupational stress; small medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849521810     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015710     Document Type: Article

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