Employee perceptions of management relations as influences on job satisfaction and quit intentions

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-29

  Frenkel, Stephen ^a   Sanders, Karin ^a,b   Bednall, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HR management; Intention to quit; Job satisfaction; Line management; Senior management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873750255     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-012-9290-z     Document Type: Article

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