Managing self-management: Successful transitions to portfolio careers

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 579-597

  Gold, Michael ^a   Fraser, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career structures; Portfolio careers; Self employment; Transitions; Translators' careers; Working lives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036925872     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095001702321587370     Document Type: Article

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