The dynamics of interorganizational careers

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1034-1053

  Bidwell, Matthew ^a   Briscoe, Forrest ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Information technology workers; Interfirm mobility; Labor markets; Matching; Organizational size; Skills development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957093120     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0492     Document Type: Article

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