Generation Y and career choice: The impact of retail career perceptions, expectations and entitlement perceptions

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 570-593

  Hurst, Jessica L ^a   Good, Linda K ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Perceptions; Retailing; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949086907     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910997303     Document Type: Article

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