The effects of formal mentoring on employee work motivation, organizational commitment and job performance

The Learning Organization

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 53-60

  Orpen, Christopher ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Mentoring; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144252368     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696479710160906     Document Type: Article

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