Contracting careers

Human Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 757-790

  Herriot, Peter ^a   Pemberton, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Sundridge Park Management Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Contextual change; Organizations; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000950217     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679604900603     Document Type: Article

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