Mentoring and job satisfaction in Malaysian SMEs

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-440

  Lo, May Chiun ^a   Ramayah, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Career guidance; Job satisfaction; Malaysia; Mentoring; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953279779     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711111126891     Document Type: Article

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