Graduate career-making and business start-up: A literature review

Education and Training

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 373-385

  Nabi, Ghulam ^a   Holden, Rick ^a   Walmsley, Andreas ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Entrepreneurialism; Graduates; Self employed workers; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745587773     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910610677072     Document Type: Review

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