The promotion paradox: Organizational mortality and employee promotion chances in Silicon Valley law firms, 1946-1996

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1058-1098

  Phillips, Damon Jeremy ^a  

^a Graduate School Business   (United States)

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EID: 0035233881     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320293     Document Type: Article

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