Attitudinal and Motivational Antecedents of Participation in Voluntary Employee Development Activities

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 635-653

  Hurtz, Gregory M ^a   Williams, Kevin J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous learning; employee development; structural equation modeling; theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 65649121156     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014580     Document Type: Article

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