The influence of job and career attitudes on learning motivation and transfer

Career Development International

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-28

  Cheng, Eddie W L ^a   ho, Danny C k ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Career development; Commitment; Involvement; Job satisfaction; Learning; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106190     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430110381007     Document Type: Article

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