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Articles

Employee quiet quitting behaviours: conceptualization, measure development, and validation

员工无声离职行为:概念化、量表开发与验证

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Pages 218-236 | Received 25 Jul 2023, Accepted 19 Nov 2023, Published online: 06 Dec 2023

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