Reconsidering graduate employability: The 'graduate identity' approach

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-119

  Holmes, Len ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010934326     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320120060006     Document Type: Article

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