Networking and managers' career success in the Malaysian public sector:The moderating effect of managerial level

European Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 195-212

  Garavan, Thomas N ^a,b   Mohd Rasdi, Roziah ^a   Ismail, Maimunah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Development; Malaysia; Managers; Networking behaviours; Objective and subjective career success; Public sector organizations; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170626     PISSN: 20469012     EISSN: 20469020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591211204715     Document Type: Article

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