Student and early career mobility patterns among highly educated people in Germany, Finland, Italy, and the United Kingdom

Higher Education

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-358

  Lindberg, Matti E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Change of programme; Early career; European comparison; Graduate employability; Higher education to work transition; Student mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449123097     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9198-9     Document Type: Article

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