Making sense of one's career: An analysis and typology of supervisor career stories

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-246

  Canary, Heather E ^a   Canary, Daniel J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounts; Career; Organizations; Relationships; Sensemaking; Stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960524129     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370701290582     Document Type: Article

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