Metropolis on the margins: Talent attraction and retention to the St. John's city-region

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-346

  Lepawsky, Josh ^a   Phan, Chrystal ^a   Greenwood, Rob ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; creative class; human capital; Newfoundland; St. John's

Indexed keywords

CLASS; HUMAN CAPITAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METROPOLITAN AREA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 77955904701     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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