The relationship between external job mobility and salary attainment across career stages

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Lam, Simon S K ^a   Ng, Thomas W H ^b   Feldman, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career stage; Job mobility; Salary

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255185274     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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