A confluence of credentialing, career experience, self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, and motivation on the career commitment of young police in Ibadan, Nigeria

Policing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 609-618

  Aremu, A Oyesoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Career development; Job commitment; Nigeria; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844477108     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510510628695     Document Type: Article

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