Early-career job factors influencing the professional commitment of medical technologists

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 687-695

  Blau, Gary ^a  

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EID: 0033234849     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256989     Document Type: Article

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