What matters most? The relative role of mentoring and career capital in career success

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-67

  Singh, Romila ^a   Ragins, Belle Rose ^a   Tharenou, Phyllis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career capital; Career success; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349173923     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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