Making career choice: A study of Chinese managers

Human Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1211-1233

  Wong, Amy Lai Yu ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Career anchors; Career management; Chinese culture; Chinese managers; Confucian values; Family expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547841366     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726707081661     Document Type: Article

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