Career Funneling: How Elite Students Learn to Define and Desire ‘‘Prestigious’’ Jobs

Sociology of Education

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20-39

  Binder, Amy J ^a   Davis, Daniel B ^a   Bloom, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

career formation; culture; elite universities; higher education; institutionalism; organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949895196     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040715610883     Document Type: Article

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