Self-organization in career systems: A view from complexity science

Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-88

  Gunz, Hugh P ^a,d   Lichtenstein, Benyamin M Bergmann ^b   Long, Rebecca G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Organizational Behaviour ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 33749259550     PISSN: 12864892     EISSN: 12864692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/mana.051.0063     Document Type: Review

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