Graduates' career aspirations and individual characteristics

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-56

  Mayrhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Steyrer, Johannes ^a   Meyer, Michael ^a   Strunk, Guido ^a   Schiffinger, Michael ^a   Iellatchitch, Alexander ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 33144460182     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00139.x     Document Type: Article

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