Level and Time Effects of Recruitment Sources on Early Voluntary Turnover

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1146-1162

  Weller, Ingo ^a   Holtom, Brooks C ^b   Matiaske, Wenzel ^c   Mellewigt, Thomas ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

recruitment source; survival methodology; unfolding model; voluntary turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69949137350     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015924     Document Type: Article

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