Employability management practices in the polish ict sector

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 471-492

  Marzec, Izabela ^a   van der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^b   Scholarios, Dora ^c   Van der Schoot, Esther ^d   Jędrzejowicz, Piotr ^e   Bozionelos, Nikos ^f   Epitropaki, Olga ^g   Knauth, Peter ^h   Mikkelsen, Aslaug ⁱ   Van der Heijde, Claudia ^j  

^a KATOWICE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d HZ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e GDYNIA MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g Athens Laboratory of Business Administration   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Ageing; Employability; Entrepreneurial career; Human Resource Management; ICT sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011759506     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860903274539     Document Type: Article

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