Effects of concepts of career plateaus on performance, work satisfaction and commitment

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 716-733

  Nachbagauer, Andreas G M ^a   Riedl, Gabriela ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Career development; Career planning; Commitment; Job satisfaction; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036946633     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720210453920     Document Type: Article

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