Enhancing employability in the “ME generation”

Education + Training

Volumn 52, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 445-449

  Senior, Carl ^a   Cubbidge, Robert ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Employment; Innovation; Mindsets; Skills; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956810602     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911011068405     Document Type: Review

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