The effects of organizational embeddedness on development of social capital and human capital

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 696-712

  Ng, Thomas W H ^a   Feldman, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Embeddedness; Human capital; Latent growth modeling; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAREER MOBILITY; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954656002     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019150     Document Type: Article

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