Toward the employability-link model: Current employment transition to future employment perspectives

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-183

  Thijssen, Johannes G L ^a   Van Der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^b   Rocco, Tonette S ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employability; Flexibility; Human resource development

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149084245     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484308314955     Document Type: Article

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