Effects of retail store image attractiveness and self-evaluated job performance on employee retention

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-450

  Yurchisin, Jennifer ^a   Park, Jihye ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Employee retention; Job satisfaction and performance; Organizational commitment; Store image attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955094941     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-010-9161-x     Document Type: Article

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