Successful career plateauing

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-88

  Ettington, Deborah R ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002863247     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1997.1584     Document Type: Article

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