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US Efforts to Create a New Professional Identity for the Bioscience Industry

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Finegold, D., Matousek, R. (2007). US Efforts to Create a New Professional Identity for the Bioscience Industry. In: Brown, A., Kirpal, S., Rauner, F. (eds) Identities at Work. Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4989-7_14

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