Sometimes pursuits don't pan out: Anticipated destinations and other caveats: Comment on Hom, Mitchell, Lee, and Griffeth (2012)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 865-870

  Bergman, Mindy E ^a   Payne, Stephanie C ^a   Boswell, Wendy R ^a  

^a Texas A and M ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Post exit destinations; Predeparture mind sets; Withdrawal states

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NOTE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84872005495     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028541     Document Type: Note

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