Assessing and Developing Early Careers in Academic Research: How Can We Improve the Current Systems?

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 117-119

  Smith, Derek R ^a  

^a Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; CAREER MOBILITY; DECISION MAKING; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; SCIENCE;

EID: 84929725453     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2015.1042256     Document Type: Article

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