From apprentice to colleague: The metamorphosis of Early Career Researchers

Higher Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-406

  Laudel, Grit ^a   Gläser, Jochen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career theory; Early Career Researchers; Scientific careers; Scientific communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849140232     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-007-9063-7     Document Type: Article

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