Self-perceived employability: Construction and initial validation of a scale for university students

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Rothwell, Andrew ^a   Herbert, Ian ^b   Rothwell, Frances ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employability; Graduate employment; Positional conflict theory; University commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749093007     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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