The new covenant of employability

Employee Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-141

  Clarke, Marilyn ^a   Patrickson, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; Employment; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549050141     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450810843320     Document Type: Article

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