A multi-method study of accounts of personal change by graduates starting work: Self-ratings, categories and women's discourses

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-486

  Davey, Kate MacKenzie ^a   Arnold, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034354028     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317900167164     Document Type: Article

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