Strategic career development for R&D staff: A field research

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2000, Pages 52-62

  Petroni, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Career development; Industry; Professionals; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156098     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590010731970     Document Type: Article

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