Launching the post-college career: A study of mentoring antecedents

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-263

  Welsh, Elizabeth T ^a   Wanberg, Connie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Learning goal orientation; Mentoring; New employees

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449084927     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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