Unlocking the careers of business professionals following job loss: Sensemaking and career exploration of older workers

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-73

  Zikic, Jelena ^a   Richardson, Julia ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business professionals; Career exploration; Job loss; Older workers; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547399052     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.5     Document Type: Article

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