Employability: A substitute for loyalty?

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 543-566

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Employability; New Psychological Contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542271616     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860010024518     Document Type: Article

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