Turnover Intention and Turnover Behavior: Implications for Retaining Federal Employees

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-23

  Cho, Yoon Jik ^a   Lewis, Gregory B ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging workforce issues; behavior; employee attitudes; federal government HRM; grievance issues; motivation; performance and performance appraisal; turnover organizational mobility; workplace environment culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857694384     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X11408701     Document Type: Article

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