EMPLOYING LATENT CLASS REGRESSION ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE LOGISTICS THEORY: AN APPLICATION OF TRUCK DRIVER RETENTION

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-257

  Garver, Michael S ^a   Williams, Zachary ^a   Taylor, G Stephen ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent class regression analysis; Logistics research methods; Multiple regression analysis; Truck driver retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078284459     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2008.tb00094.x     Document Type: Article

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