Understanding non-work relationships in developmental networks

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 637-663

  Murphy, Wendy Marcinkus ^a   Kram, Kathy E ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Employee relations; Interpersonal relations; Part time students; Social networks; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649279722     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011094069     Document Type: Article

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