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IN a recent article1, Dr. Hilde Behrend states that her findings on labour turnover point to the conclusion that “external factors, particularly the level of employment, are the decisive factors in this field”, and that this conflicts with views recently put forward by Rice, Hill and Trist2, who are concerned with the way in which the characteristics of a particular firm may influence its turnover-rates. The difference in the interpretation of available data appears to have arisen in part through a different definition of internal and external determinants.
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HERBST, P. Limits to a Firm's Control of Labour Turnover. Nature 173, 1150 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1731150a0
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