Careers in a complex world: The search for new perspectives from the "New Science"

Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Bird, Allan ^a,d   Gunz, Hugh P ^b   Arthur, Michael B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 33749234518     PISSN: 12864892     EISSN: 12864692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/mana.051.0001     Document Type: Review

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