The relationship between grades and career success

Management Research News

Volumn 26, Issue 2/3/4, 2003, Pages 42-51

  Afarian, Raffy ^a   Kleiner, Brian H ^a  

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Author keywords

Career development; Financial incentives; Graduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993081835     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170310783781     Document Type: Article

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