Career Choices, Job Selection Criteria, and Leadership Preferences in a Transitional Nation: The Case of Turkey

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-144

  Aycan, Zeynep ^a   Fikret Pasa, Selda ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Career choices; Culture; Leadership ideals; Motivators; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345863391     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026112127918     Document Type: Article

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