The study of career needs, career development programmes and job satisfaction level of R and D personnel: The case of Taiwan

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1001-1026

  Chen, Tser Yieth ^a   Chang, Pao Long ^b   Yeh, Ching Wen ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career development programmes; Career needs; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; LABOR MARKET; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0344287068     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000106182     Document Type: Article

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