An analysis of career pattern: Possibility of optimal matching analysis

Sociological Theory and Methods

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-234

  Watanabe, Tsutomu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boolean algebra analysis; Job career; Optimal matching analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644420311     PISSN: 09131442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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