It's a Hard, Hard, Hard, Hard World! / Philip D. Gardner and Stephen Lambert.

Rapid job turnover and high job dissatisfaction among first-time college-educated employees indicate the maladjustment of graduates to the workplace. A three-phase longitudinal study to explore the match between pre-graduation work expectations and workplace realities surveyed college seniors prior...

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Main Authors: Gardner, Philip D.
Lambert, Stephen E. (Author)
Corporate Author: Michigan State University. Collegiate Employment Research Institute
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992.
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Physical Description:19 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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