One career, two identities: An assessment of gay men's career trajectory

Career Development International

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 627-637

  Nam Cam Trau, Raymond ^a   Härtel, Charmine E J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career development; Equal opportunities; Gender; Homosexuals; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172362     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430410570338     Document Type: Article

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