Defining who you are not: The roles of moral dirtiness and occupational and organizational disidentification in affecting casino employee turnover intention

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1659-1666

  Lai, Jennifer Y M ^a   Chan, K W ^a   Lam, Long W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Dirty work; Intention to quit; Moral dirtiness; Occupational disidentification; Organizational disidentification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878147138     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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