Commitment and turnover intention in the UAE oil industry

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1472-1489

  Suliman, Abubakr A ^a   Al Junaibi, Yousef ^b  

^a THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Career variables; Demographic variables; Loyalty; Middle East; Retention; Turnover; UAE

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954389170     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.488451     Document Type: Article

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