Career Plateau and Work Attitudes: An Empirical Study of Managers

Human Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 221-237

  Tremblay, Michel ^a   Roger, Alain ^b   Toulouse, Jean Marie ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

career plateau; managers; mobility; satisfaction; work attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973703740     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679504800301     Document Type: Article

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