How to measure and manage the risk of losing key employees?

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-75

  Jääskeläinen, Aki ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Human capital; Intangible assets; Intellectual capital; Performance measurement; Productivity; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649836755     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2011.037359     Document Type: Article

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