Careers in a non-Western context: An exploratory empirical investigation of factors related to the career success of Chinese managers

Career Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 580-593

  Tu, Howard S ^a   Forret, Monica L ^b   Sullivan, Sherry E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Career satisfaction; Careers; China

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750993493     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430610713454     Document Type: Article

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