Met expectations during role transitions of retail executive trainees

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 350-361

  Good, Linda K ^a   Fairhurst, Ann E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Retailing; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180599     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590559910292799     Document Type: Article

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