Mothers' psychological contracts: Does supervisor breach explain intention to leave the organization?

Human Resource Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-649

  Botsford Morgan, Whitney ^a   King, Eden B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Gender diversity; Justice; Supervisor subordinate relations; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866786029     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21492     Document Type: Article

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