Chinese employees' work values and turnover intentions in multinational companies: The mediating effect of pay satisfaction

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 871-894

  Wang, Christina Yu Ping ^a   Chen, Mei Huei ^b   Hyde, Bill ^b   Hsieh, Lillian ^c  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Transcend Informations Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Organizational commitment; Pay satisfaction; Turnover intention; Work values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955475862     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2010.38.7.871     Document Type: Article

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