Anticipatory socialization amongst architects: A qualitative examination

Education and Training

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-321

  Sang, Katherine ^a   Ison, Stephen ^a   Dainty, Andrew ^a   Powell, Abigail ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Architecture; Job satisfaction; Qualitative research; Socialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849099283     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910910964584     Document Type: Article

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