'I'd rather talk to someone i know than somebody who knows' - the role of networks in undergraduate career decision-making

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-45

  Greenbank, Paul ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Decision making; Employability; Networks; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952725358     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596748.2011.549726     Document Type: Article

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