The relationship between employee initiatives and occupational expertise throughout the career in small- and medium-sized enterprises in The Netherlands

Career Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 322-338

  Heijden, Beatrice I J M Van Der ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Knowledge workers; Management development; Older employees; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986098999     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430210444358     Document Type: Article

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