Temporary workers: Managing the problem of unscheduled turnover

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 963-973

  Foote, David A ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Human resource management; Temporary workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993044166     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410555452     Document Type: Article

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