While the importance of skill formation has been widely acknowledged in recent years, the
issue of skill retention has been relatively neglected. Employers see little point in raising …

The following provides an overview of the field of careers by focusing on research published
in the last four years. The information is organized around the major content areas of the …

Emotional intelligence is considered to be important for project managers to affect project
performance, but emotional intelligence does not always play an effective role. Based on …

What is a committed employee? Are employees who are committed better or worse off than
employees who are uncommitted? What are the organizational advantages and …

This study investigated the retention rates of 904 college graduates hired in six public
accounting firms over a six-year period. Organizational culture values varied significantly …

Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate the effects of three forms of attitudinal
commitment on employee turnover. We used a traditional dichotomous measure of …

This study contributes to our understanding of the differences in work motivation between
the public and private sectors. Data from a survey of 3,314 private sector and 409 public …

Organizations increasingly set up multiteam projects for the development of highly complex
products. While team research has emphasized the importance of team-internal processes …

In this chapter, a comprehensive approach to understanding voluntary employee turnover
and retention is described. First, the literature on employee turnover is briefly reviewed …

We present a model linking perceptions of job insecurity to emotional reactions and negative
coping behaviors. Our model is based on the idea that emotional variables explain, in part …