Career orientations of salaried professionals: The case of Turkey

Career Development International

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-175

  Erdoğmus¸, Nihat ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Career development; Professions; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986163933     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430410526193     Document Type: Article

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