A social network perspective on turnover intentions: The role of distributive justice and social support

Human Resource Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 561-584

  Soltis, Scott M ^a   Agneessens, Filip ^b   Sasovova, Zuzana ^c   Labianca, Giuseppe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU University   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiplexity; Social networks; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880965455     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21542     Document Type: Article

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