What is a promotion?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 581-601

  Pergamit, Michael R ^a   Veum, Jonathan R ^a  

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EID: 0000621544     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399905200405     Document Type: Article

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