Communication and Voluntary Downward Career Changes

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-106

  Tan, Claire L ^a   Kramer, Michael W ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career Change; Downward Career Change; Voluntary Career Change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856999911     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2011.634429     Document Type: Article

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