Doctoral degree prestige and the academic marketplace: A study of career mobility within the management discipline

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-25

  Bedeian, Arthur G ^a   Cavazos, David E ^b   Hunt, James G ^c   Jauch, Lawrence R ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

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EID: 77949845053     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2010.48661188     Document Type: Article

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