A winding road - Profetrajectories from higher education to working life: A case study of political science and psychology graduates

Studies in Continuing Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-229

  Nyström, Sofia ^a   Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt ^a   Dahlgren, Lars Owe ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Graduate employment; Higher education; Longitudinal study; Professional trajectory; Work life

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049174558     PISSN: 0158037X     EISSN: 1470126X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01580370802439896     Document Type: Article

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