Explaining Turnover Intention in State Government: Examining the Roles of Gender, Life Cycle, and Loyalty

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-143

  Moynihan, Donald P ^a   Landuyt, Noel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; gender; human resource management; loyalty; turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349594423     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X08315771     Document Type: Article

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