PhD job market: Professional trajectories and incentives during the PhD

Research Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 741-756

  Mangematin, V ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Academic fields; Collaborative research; H52; Higher education; Implicit contract; Incentive; J1; J24; J6; Job market; O3; PhD; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000127971     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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