Career goals and career management strategy among information technology professionals

Career Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-13

  Chang Boon Lee, Patrick ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Career development; Career planning; Information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986129910     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430210414829     Document Type: Article

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