Educational and occupational preferences of high school students in Greece

Education and Training

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 432-446

  Dimaki, Katerina ^a   Kaminioti, Olympia ^b   Kostaki, Anastasia ^a   Psarakis, Stelios ^a   Tsourti, Zoi ^c  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Ministry of Agriculture Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Employment; Greece; Labour market; Secondary education; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847110620     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910510617051     Document Type: Article

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