A detection model of college withdrawal

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-98

  Pleskac, Timothy J ^a   Keeney, Jessica ^a   Merritt, Stephanie M ^b   Schmitt, Neal ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College withdrawal; Quit; Shocks; Signal detection theory; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952735937     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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