Business students’ views on jobs, careers and the job search process: Implications for universities and employers

Career Choice in Management and Entrepreneurship: A Research Companion

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 292-308

  Burke, Ronald J ^a   Ng, Eddy S W ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84881882559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847208828.00022     Document Type: Chapter

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