Development intention of support staff in an academic organization in The Netherlands

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-86

  Renkema, Albert ^a   Schaap, Harmen ^b   van Dellen, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Employee development; Job satisfaction; Organizational planning; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349412974     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910933583     Document Type: Article

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