Academic careers: The limits of the 'boundaryless approach' and the power of promotion scripts

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 971-996

  Dany, Françoise ^a   Louvel, Severine ^b   Valette, Annick ^b  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

academic career; academics; boundaryless career; career; interaction; script

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959208361     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710393537     Document Type: Article

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