Mentoring support and power: A three year predictive field study on protégé networking and career success

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-189

  Blickle, Gerhard ^a   Witzki, Alexander H ^a   Schneider, Paula B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Networking; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349138330     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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