Career plateauing reactions: The moderating role of job scope, role ambiguity and participation among Canadian managers

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 996-1017

  Tremblay, Michel ^a   Roger, Alain ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IAE   (France)

Author keywords

Career management; Job scope; Plateauing; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242733164     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190410001677287     Document Type: Article

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