The perspectives and research data on labor turnover and occupational choice have not been integrated meaningfully. In fact, each area has tended to develop independent of the other. Essentially, each job entrance and each job e-xit has been treated as a unique occurrence, and not as part of a work history. This paper suggests and integrates several concepts which make it possible for the phenomena considered by labor turnover and occupational choice to be treated as aspects of a larger process of job selection.
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