Careers and productivity in an internal labor market

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Careers and productivity in an internal labor market. / Yang, Phillip; Janssen, Simon; Pfeifer, Christian et al.

In: Journal of Business Economics : JBE, Vol. 83, No. 2, 01.02.2013, p. 121-143.

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Yang P, Janssen S, Pfeifer C, Backes-Gellner U. Careers and productivity in an internal labor market. Journal of Business Economics : JBE. 2013 Feb 1;83(2):121-143. doi: 10.1007/s11573-012-0649-x

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