New career models in uk professional service firms: From up-or-out to up-and-going-nowhere?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1396-1413

  Malhotra, Namrata ^a   Morris, Timothy ^b   Smets, Michael ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Professional service firms; Tournament promotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954421741     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.488436     Document Type: Article

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