The compatibility of construction companies' human resource development policies with employee career expectations

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-178

  Dainty, Andrew R j ^a   Bagilhole, Barbara M ^b   Neale, Richard H ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Human resource development; Psychological contracts; Staff retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992998930     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021142     Document Type: Review

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