Employability enhancement of business graduates in China: Reacting upon challenges of globalization and labour market demands

Education and Training

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-304

  Zhiwen, Guo ^a   Van Der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^b,c,d  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business studies; Career development; China; Globalization; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949221227     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810880533     Document Type: Article

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