Antecedents of perceived intra and extraorganisational alternatives: The case of loweducated supermarket employees in Central European transition countries

Personnel Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-286

  Torka, Nicole ^a   Geurts, Peter ^a   Sanders, Karin ^a   Van Riemsdijk, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Education; Jobs; Poland; Slovakia; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952133518     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481011030494     Document Type: Article

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