Job satisfaction among young European higher education graduates

Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-59

  Mora, José Ginés ^a   García Aracil, Adela ^b   Vila, Luis E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appropriateness of qualification; Job satisfaction; Study conditions; Study provisions; Usefulness of study

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845522859     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-005-2377-4     Document Type: Article

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