Mobility attitudes and behaviours among young Europeans

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 378-400

  Doherty, Noeleen ^a   Dickmann, Michael ^a   Mills, Timothy ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Europe; Labour mobility; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956519067     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011066259     Document Type: Article

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