Career management in transition: HRD themes from the Estonian civil service

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 572-592

  Rees, Christopher J ^a   Järvalt, Jane ^b   Metcalfe, Beverley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b State Chancellery ^*  (Estonia)

Author keywords

Careers; Estonia; Public sector organizations; Transition management

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444433826     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590510621063     Document Type: Article

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