The role of individual and organizational characteristics in feedback seeking behaviour in the initial career stage

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-301

  van der Rijt, Janine ^a   Van den Bossche, Piet ^a,b   van de Wiel, Margje W J ^a   Segers, Mien S R ^a   Gijselaers, Wim H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Goal orientation; Informal feedback seeking; Perceived career development; Perceived learning culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017664173     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2012.689216     Document Type: Article

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