The impact of organisational support for career development on career satisfaction

Career Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 617-636

  Barnett, Belinda Renee ^a   Bradley, Lisa ^b  

^a Queensland Rail ^*  (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career management; Career satisfaction; Employee development; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548935157     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430710834396     Document Type: Article

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