A Labor Economic Perspective on Overqualification

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-235

  Feldman, Daniel C ^a   Maynard, Douglas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84867690591     PISSN: 17549426     EISSN: 17549434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9434.2011.01331.x     Document Type: Note

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