Career transitions and their causes: A country-comparative perspective

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 825-849

  Chudzikowski, Katharina ^a   Demel, Barbara ^a   Mayrhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Briscoe, Jon P ^b   Unite, Julie ^b   Milikić, Biljana Bogićević ^c   Tim Hall, Douglas T ^d   Heras, Mireia Las ^e   Shen, Yan ^d   Zikic, Jelena ^f  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 76949102471     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317909X474786     Document Type: Article

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