Group communication and employee turnover: How coworkers encourage peers to voluntarily exit

Southern Communication Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-192

  Cox, Stephen A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 85007800607     PISSN: 1041794X     EISSN: 19303203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10417949909373133     Document Type: Article

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