Explaining employee turnover in an Asian context

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-74

  Khatri, Naresh ^a   Fern, Chong Tze ^a   Budhwar, Pawan ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84960129015     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2001.tb00032.x     Document Type: Article

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