Discretion in Context: A Moderated Mediation Model of the Relationship between Discretion and Turnover Intentions

Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-128

  Avgar, Ariel C ^a,b,c   Pandey, Niti ^a,b,c   Kwon, Kiwook ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR RELATIONS; LABOR STANDARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84856397398     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2011.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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