Career patterns and competences of PhDs in science and engineering in the knowledge economy: The case of graduates from a UK research-based university

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 869-881

  Lee, Hsing fen ^a   Miozzo, Marcela ^a   Laredo, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Universite Paris Est   (France)

Author keywords

Career types; Competences; PhDs; UK research based university

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SKILLS; CAREER TYPES; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; TRANSFERABLE SKILLS;

EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77953723690     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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