Intra-organizational network resources: How they relate to career success and organizational commitment

Personnel Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-263

  Bozionelos, Nikos ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Mentoring; Networking; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149119615     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480810862251     Document Type: Article

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