Retention strategies in aerospace turnover: A case study

Career Development International

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 270-282

  Applebaum, Steven H ^a   Wunderlich, John ^b   Greenstone, Elliot ^c   Grenier, Danny ^d   Shapiro, Barbara ^a   Leroux, Donald ^e   Troeger, Felix ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b Quality Control and Product Development ^*  (United States)

^c Quality Control and Product Development   (Canada)

^d Manager of Electrical Engineering and Design   (Canada)

^e Project and Mechanical Engineer   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerospace industry; Canada; Employees attitudes; Organizational effectiveness; Retention; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037673     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430310496080     Document Type: Article

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