Manager support predicts turnover of professionals in India

Career Development International

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-312

  Tymon Jr , Walter G ^a   Stumpf, Stephen A ^a   Smith, Richard R ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACCENTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; India; Management styles; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959187003     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431111140174     Document Type: Article

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