The relation between employee organizational and professional development activities

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-142

  Blau, Gary ^a   Andersson, Lynne ^a   Davis, Kathleen ^a   Daymont, Tom ^a   Hochner, Arthur ^a   Koziara, Karen ^a   Portwood, Jim ^a   Holladay, Blair ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Society for Clinical Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational development activity; Professional development activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349101858     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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