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New career models in UK professional service firms: from up-or-out to up-and-going-nowhere?

Namrata Malhotra Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Timothy Morris Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Michael Smets Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Pages 1396-1413 | Published online: 08 Jul 2010

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