Does higher education attained abroad lead to international jobs?

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-130

  Wiers Jenssen, Jannecke ^a  

^a Studies in Innovation Research and Education (NIFU STEP)   (Norway)

Author keywords

Career; Internationalisation; Student mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149113007     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315307307656     Document Type: Article

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