Determinants of turnover intentions among Chinese off farm migrants

Economic Change and Restructuring

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-209

  Smyth, Russell ^a   Zhai, Qingguo ^a,b   Li, Xiaoxu ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LIAONING SHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Training Center Human Resources Division   (China)

Author keywords

China; Migrants; Turnover

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FARM; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; MIGRANT WORKER; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; TURNOVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU;

EID: 68449100237     PISSN: 15739414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10644-008-9067-z     Document Type: Article

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