The company you keep: The relational models and support expectations of key developer relationships

Career Development International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 328-356

  Cotton, Richard D ^a   Shen, Yan ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career development; Career success; Careers; Developmental networks; Relational models; Relationship expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883095372     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CDI-09-2012-0093     Document Type: Article

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