Employee alienation: Relationships with careerism and career satisfaction

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-20

  Chiaburu, Dan S ^a   Diaz, Ismael ^b   de Vos, Ans ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Careerism; Careerist orientation; Careers; Employee alienation; Employees attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872332451     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941311298832     Document Type: Article

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