The relationship between career growth and organizational commitment

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-400

  Weng, Qingxiong ^a   McElroy, James C ^b   Morrow, Paula C ^b   Liu, Rongzhi ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Career goal progress; Career growth; Organizational commitment; Professional ability development; Promotion speed; Remuneration growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149359254     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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