“Brain drain” from Turkey: Survey evidence of student non-return

Career Development International

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 52-69

  Tansel, Aysit ^a   Demet Güngör, Nil ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Career development; Higher education; Immigrants; Knowledge workers; Students; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845968194     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430310465453     Document Type: Article

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