The influence of human resource management practices on employee voluntary turnover rates in the Canadian non governmental sector

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-246

  Haines III, Victor Y ^a   Jalette, Patrice ^a   Larose, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 77949633705     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391006300203     Document Type: Review

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