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Towards a Grounded Theory of Mid-Career Stuckness

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|Jan 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/njtcg.43 | Journal eISSN: 2003-8046
Language: English
Page range: 44 - 56
Submitted on: Aug 25, 2021
Accepted on: Dec 22, 2021
Published on: Jan 3, 2022
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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