The management paradox: Self-rated employability and organizational commitment and performance

Personnel Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-172

  de Cuyper, Nele ^a   de Witte, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Competitive advantage; Human resource strategies; Organizational behaviour; Organizational performance; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551476726     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481111106057     Document Type: Article

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