Career abandonment intentions among software workers

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 641-655

  Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^a   Casado Lumbreras, Cristina ^b   Misra, Sanjay ^c   Soto Acosta, Pedro ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Career abandonment; Career commitment; Software personnel

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PERSONNEL;

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; CAREER ABANDONMENT; CAREER COMMITMENT; IT CAREER; SCARCE RESOURCES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; WEB-BASED SURVEYS; WORK-RELATED;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84924352238     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20509     Document Type: Article

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