Career transition in the chinese context: A case study

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 511-528

  Sun, Judy Y ^a   Wang, Greg G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Career transition; China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993081699     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860903274521     Document Type: Article

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