Political choices: The role of political skill in occupational choice

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-55

  Kaplan, David M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Interpersonal skills; Personality; Politics and political science

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849155192     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810849533     Document Type: Article

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