Research training as occupational socialization: Doing research and becoming researchers

Asian Social Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 252-261

  Cusick, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career development; Functionalist; Interpretivist; Role theory; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919685278     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v11n2p252     Document Type: Article

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