Transition from university to work under transformation: The changing role of institutional and alumni networks in contemporary Japan

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-41

  Chiavacci, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 17744365566     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyi017     Document Type: Article

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