"hey GRINGO!": The HR challenge of graduates in non-graduate occupations

Personnel Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 623-637

  Blenkinsopp, John ^a   Scurry, Tracy ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Employment; Graduates; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249786551     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480710752830     Document Type: Article

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