The turnover intentions for construction engineers

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 550-556

  Sun, Kuo Shun ^a  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Engineers; Job satisfaction; Labor turnover intention; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

JOB SATISFACTION; PEPTIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS; DESIGN DEPARTMENTS; ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; LABOR TURNOVER INTENTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMATIVE COMMITMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT; TURNOVER INTENTIONS;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 81255163725     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.51400/2709-6998.2169     Document Type: Article

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