Do social capital and project type vary across career paths in project-based work?: The case of Hollywood personal assistants

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 381-401

  Skilton, Paul F ^a   Bravo, Jesus ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; Cinema; Project evaluation; Social capital; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649125831     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810891437     Document Type: Article

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