Using affect to understand employee turnover: A context-specific application of a theory of social exchange

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-504

  Taylor, Catherine ^a   Pillemer, Karl ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Social exchange; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849092227     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2009.52.4.481     Document Type: Review

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