Exploring MBA career success

Career Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-124

  Hay, Amanda ^a   Hodgkinson, Myra ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; Master of business administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645667307     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430610651877     Document Type: Article

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