The chaos theory of careers: A user's guide

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-305

  Bright, Jim E H ^a   Pryor, Robert G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 22544468541     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2005.tb00660.x     Document Type: Article

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