Life's chances and choices: A study of entrapment in career decisions with reference to Becker's side bets theory

Personnel Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 186-202

  Drummond, Helga ^a   Chell, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Commitment; Decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842789452     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480110380343     Document Type: Article

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