Exploring supportive and developmental career management through business strategies and coaching

Human Resource Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-120

  Segers, Jesse ^a,b   Inceoglu, Ilke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c SHL Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career management; Coaching; Miles and Snow; New career; Strategy; Supportive and developmental

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856289154     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20432     Document Type: Article

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