Self-perceived employability: Investigating the responses of post-graduate students

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-161

  Rothwell, Andrew ^a   Jewell, Steven ^a   Hardie, Marie ^a  

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

Author keywords

Career management; Employability; Factor analysis; Post graduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949149908     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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