Enhancing the ties that bind: Mentoring as a moderator

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-278

  Dawley, David D ^a   Andrews, Martha C ^b   Bucklew, Neil S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Employees; Job satisfaction; Managers; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954022626     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011053730     Document Type: Article

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