Graduate Transition into Employment in Hospitality SMEs: On a Road to Nowhere?

Industry and Higher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-73

  Holden, Rick ^a   Jameson, Stephanie ^a   Lashley, Conrad ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

graduate employment; graduates; hospitality; skills gap; SMEs; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745596639     PISSN: 09504222     EISSN: 20436858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/0000000053123574     Document Type: Article

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