An erosion model of employee turnover based on network centrality

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-188

  Feeley, Thomas Hugh ^a   Moon, Shin Il ^a   Kozey, Ryan S ^a   Slowe, Anne Solbu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrality; Erosion; Network; Social support; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951919632     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909881003639544     Document Type: Article

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