Towards developing a theoretical framework for measuring public sector managers' career success

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-254

  Rasdi, Roziah Mohd ^a   Ismail, Maimunah ^a   Uli, Jegak ^a   Noah, Sidek Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; Malaysia; Managers; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749117106     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590910950596     Document Type: Article

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