From Security to Mobility: Generalized Investments in Human Capital and Agent Commitment

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Galunic, D Charles ^a   Anderson, Erin ^a  

^a Europ Inst of Bus Administration   (France)

Author keywords

Commitment; Employability; Employment relation; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347939817     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.1.1.12565     Document Type: Article

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