Academic Labor Markets and Assistant Professors' Employment Outcomes

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-324

  Hargens, Lowell L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistant professors; Employment outcomes; Labor market conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859213708     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-011-9228-1     Document Type: Article

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