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ISBN: 9781337502160
Author: Richard L. Daft
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 9, Problem 2EE
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The type of job I prefer to fit in and be employed.
Concept introduction:
The job is a vital part of everyone's life, as it provides experience, sharpens the existing skills, enables to inculcate new skills, improve different aspects of personality and the list is exhaustive. An individual should be able to get into any occupation if he/she is provided with a chance to be employed, as increasingly jobs are limited in the modern economic context.
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