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Explaining influences on career ‘choice’: the case of MBA students in comparative perspective

Mustafa Özbilgin School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK E-mail: [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Fatma Küskü Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Management, Management Engineering Department, 34367, Macka, Istanbul, Turkey E-mail: [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Nihat Erdoğmuş Kocaeli University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Management Department, Umuttepe Merkez Campus, Kocaeli, Turkey E-mail: [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 2000-2028 | Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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