Mentoring, organizational commitment and intentions to leave public accounting

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 405-418

  Lynn Stallworth, H ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountants; Commitment; Mentoring; Public sector accounting; Staff turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166755     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900310476873     Document Type: Article

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