Mergers and mobility: Organizational growth and the origins of career migration at Lloyds Bank

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1080-1121

  Stovel, Katherine ^a   Savage, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645677960     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498469     Document Type: Article

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