An investigation of career development programs, job satisfaction, professional development and productivity: The case of taiwan

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 441-463

  Chen, Tser Yieth ^a   Chang, Pao Long ^b   Yeh, Ching Wen ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career development; Job satisfaction; Productivity; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946060246     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1367886042000246049     Document Type: Article

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