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Experiencing doctoral liminality as a conceptual threshold and how supervisors can use it

Jeffrey M. KeeferDivision of Programs in Business, New York University, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 17-28 | Published online: 21 Jan 2015

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