New directions for boundaryless careers: Agency and interdependence in a changing world

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 629-646

  Tams, Svenja ^a   Arthur, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Careers; Context; Critical management studies; Individual differences; Interdependence; Interdisciplinary; Social construction; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649469689     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.712     Document Type: Article

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