Explaining influences on career 'choice': The case of MBA students in comparative perspective

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2000-2028

  Özbilgin, Mustafa ^a   Küskü, Fatma ^b   Erdoǧmuş, Nihat ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Britain; Career choice; Cross national study; Israel; MBA; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144459091     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500314797     Document Type: Article

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