Coping with a career plateau: An empirical examination of what works and what doesn't

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2622-2646

  Rotondo, Demise M ^a   Perrewé, Pamela L ^b  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Management Florida Stale University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0034350153     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02453.x     Document Type: Article

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