Global mentoring as a means of career development and knowledge creation: A learning-based framework and agenda for future research

Career Development International

Volumn 10, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 522-535

  Crocitto, Madeline M ^a   Sullivan, Sherry E ^b   Carraher, Shawn M ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurial Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Expatriates; Knowledge management; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144467447     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430510620593     Document Type: Article

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