Development of an occupational embeddedness measure

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 420-436

  Adams, Gary A ^a   Webster, Jennica R ^b   Buyarski, Danelle M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIPER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Job satisfaction; Occupational psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957037562     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011075312     Document Type: Article

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