Issues in career advancement prospects among librarians in Nigerian universities

Library Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 76-83

  Selong Edem, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Career development; Human resource management; Nigeria; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038593888     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435129910251539     Document Type: Article

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