Global managers' career competencies

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 514-537

  Cappellen, Tineke ^a   Janssens, Maddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; Competences; International organizations; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849104627     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810901679     Document Type: Article

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