Organizational citizenship behaviour and employee retention: How important are turnover cognitions?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 768-790

  Paillé, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intention to leave; Intention to search; Job; Organizational citizenship behaviors; Perceived job alternatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874226657     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.697477     Document Type: Article

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