Promotion according to who or what you know: Managers’ and workers’ perception of factors influencing promotion

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 545-554

  Sharabi, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

High tech; Israel; Promotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052893653     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860802417700     Document Type: Article

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