Job search modes and turnover

Career Development International

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 442-458

  Mano Negrin, Rita ^a   Tzafrir, Shay S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Israel; Job vacancies; Jobs; Medical personnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986163160     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430410550727     Document Type: Article

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