Psychological contracts: Are they still relevant?

Career Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-180

  Maguire, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banking; Case studies; Contracts; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031743     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430210414856     Document Type: Article

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