Career opportunity and organizational attachment in a blue-collar unionized environment

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 136-150

  Prince, J Bruce ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Careers; Employee development; Job design; Job enrichment; Mobility; Opportunity; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038455873     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8791(02)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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