Acquiring credentials when signals don't matter: Employers' support of employees who pursue postsecondary vocational degrees

Sociology of Education

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-187

  Bills, David B ^a   Wacker, Mary Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Western Iowa Tech Community College   (United States)

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EID: 0038662883     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3090275     Document Type: Review

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