Career commitment and career success: Moderating role of self-efficacy

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 655-670

  Ballout, Hassan I ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Career development; Career satisfaction; Lebanon; Self development

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949110571     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430911005708     Document Type: Article

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