Impact of career plateau and supervisory support on career satisfaction: A study in offshore outsourced IT firms in Sri Lanka

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 544-561

  Wickramasinghe, Vathsala ^a   Jayaweera, Mayura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Communication technologies; Hierarchical control; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049525579     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011084402     Document Type: Article

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