Does perceived support in employee development affect personnel turnover?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2403-2418

  Koster, Fleur ^a   de Grip, Andries ^b,c   Fouarge, Didier ^b  

^a Joanknecht and Van Zelst   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human capital theory; Intention to quit; Job satisfaction; Social exchange theory; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960927043     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.584404     Document Type: Article

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