The changing organizational context of professional work

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 23, Issue , 1997, Pages 215-231

  Leicht, Kevin T ^a   Fennell, Mary L ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career mobility; Careers; Formal organizations; Institutional theory; Professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031514454     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.215     Document Type: Article

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