Second-class doctors? The impact of a professional career structure on the employment conditions of overseas- and UK-qualified doctors

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-154

  Oikelome, Franklin ^a   Healy, Geraldine ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33947664964     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2007.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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