Retaining Your High Performers: Moderators of the Performance-Job Satisfaction-Voluntary Turnover Relationship

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 440-453

  Nyberg, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Job satisfaction; Pay for performance; Performance; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REWARD; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; REWARD; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS; VOLITION;

EID: 77954796240     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018869     Document Type: Article

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