Understanding experts’ attitudes towards functional flexibility

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-153

  van Dam, Karen ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

career anchors; career support; careers; experts; Functional flexibility; job mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644300070     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhrdm.2003.002416     Document Type: Article

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