The impacts of benefit plans on employee turnover: A firm-level analysis approach on Taiwanese manufacturing industry

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1951-1975

  Lee, Chun Hsien ^a   Hsu, Mu Lan ^a   Lien, Nai Hwa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Benefit plans; Employee turnover; Fringe benefit; Pension; Severance pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349100041     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190601000154     Document Type: Article

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