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staff turnover  

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  • The term employee turnover is used to describe the exit of employees from an organization through resignations, retirements, layoffs, or firings. This phenomenon is part of a larger category of behaviors known as employee withdrawal behaviors, which includes events such as chronic absenteeism and employee disengagement (in which employees remain on the job but diminish their effort and contributions). [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Care Management; Employee Turnover]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/staff_turnover

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