Understanding second careers: Lessons from a study of U.S. Navy admirals

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-491

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a   Quick, James Campbell ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38049160844     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20178     Document Type: Article

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