Investigating employee turnover in the construction industry: A psychological contract perspective

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Chih, Ying Yi ^a   Kiazad, Kohyar ^b   Zhou, Lian ^c   Capezio, Alessandra ^a   Li, Min ^d   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Construction workers; Emotional exhaustion; Employee turnover; Labor and personnel issues; Psychological contract breach; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION; EMPLOYEE TURNOVER; PERSONNEL ISSUES; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 84969962036     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001101     Document Type: Article

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