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Apology and clarification on my previous request for help on turnover research

  • 1.  Apology and clarification on my previous request for help on turnover research

    Posted 09-26-2008 13:13
    Hi All,

    I have received many responses concerning about my request for suggestions
    on turnover literature. And I sincerely appreciate all the help and
    attentions. But it seems that my use of such request for help has caused
    series of questions over whether I should do my literature review first
    and then ask for opinions. I am sorry for any inappropriate use if
    committed. Actually this is my first time to use this listserve and I
    would take more into consideration before doing so in the future.

    What I want to clarify here, however, is that actually before sending our
    such message through listserve, I did spend a lot of time searched the
    database (e.g., JAP, AMR, AMJ, ASQ, Personnel Psy, OBHDP, Research in
    Personnel & HRM, HRM Review, and etc) about the topic of turnover. I ended
    up with 139 articles that I personally considered to be most relevant to
    my study. I then categorized them based on their main research topics that
    related to turnover. What I also did is checking the references of several
    classic studies (such as ones written by Hom, Lee, Griffith, Shaw,
    Gerhart, and etc) on turnover for supplement. But since I was not sure
    whether I miss some good research paper that might be included in book
    chapters or other non-top-tier-level journals. I just want to make sure I
    have looked at papers that I should never miss. That's my initial intent
    of sending such message through listserve but perhaps I did not express
    myself in an appropriate way.

    Anyway, thank you all for your help and attentions. I appreciate that.

    Best regards,
    Kevin Huang