To move or not to move?: The relationship between career management and preferred career moves

Employee Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-175

  De Vos, Ans ^a   Dewettinck, Koen ^a   Buyens, Dirk ^b  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; Job mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549001730     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450810843348     Document Type: Article

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