Employability skills among the students of technical and vocational training centers in Malaysia

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-160

  Kazilan, Fitrisehara ^a   Hamzah, Ramlah ^a   Bakar, Ab Rahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Employability skills; Gender; Technical and vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849091985     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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