To quit or not to quit: Organizational determinants of voluntary turnover in MNC subsidiaries in Singapore

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1362-1380

  Reiche, B Sebastian ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multinational corporations; Organizational identification; Singapore; Subsidiary staff; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249099160     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190902909871     Document Type: Article

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