Toward an Inductive Theory of Stayers and Seekers in the Organization

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 683-703

  Woo, Sang Eun ^a   Allen, David G ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductive theory building; Job search; Latent class analysis; Person centered; Personality; Turnover intention; Work attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876402965     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: 1573353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-013-9303-z     Document Type: Article

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