Toward a Theoretical Model of Employee Turnover: A Human Resource Development Perspective

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-227

  Peterson, Shari L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

employee turnover; organizational model; strategic HRD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993683666     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484304267832     Document Type: Article

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