Proactivity and work experience as predictors of career-enhancing strategies

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 523-537

  Mihail, Dimitrios M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Career development; Proactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878198331     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860802417668     Document Type: Article

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