Are millennials a different breed? Turkish hospitality sector frontline employees' intention to stay

Managing the New Workforce: International Perspectives on the Millennial Generation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 181-203

  Inelmen, Kivanc ^a   Zeytinoglu, Isik U ^b   Uygur, Duygu ^c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84881685633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857933010.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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