The "new career" and organizational commitment: Do boundaryless and protean attitudes make a difference?

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-260

  Briscoe, Jon P ^a   Finkelstein, Lisa M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549130801     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910966424     Document Type: Article

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