The cultural validity of Holland's model and its implications for human resource management: The case of Hong Kong

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 484-496

  Law, Kenneth S ^a   Wong, Chi Sum ^b   Leong, Frederick ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career interests; Holland's vocational model; Human resource management in Hong Kong; Vocational orientations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347122115     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190121866     Document Type: Article

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