Japanese career progress: An empirical examination

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-161

  Graen, George ^a   Dharwadkar, Ravi ^b   Grewal, Rajdeep ^c   Wakabayashi, Mitsuru ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Career progress; Duration models; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144467618     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400175     Document Type: Article

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