Individual and situational correlates of motivation for skills upgrading: An empirical study

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-242

  Lim, Ghee Soon ^a   Chan, Amy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attitude; Chain of response; Health condition; Long term orientation; Motivation for skills upgrading; Self efficacy; Theory of planned behavior; Training effectiveness; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016546091     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860110096239     Document Type: Article

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