Generic skills among technical students in Malaysia

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 3713-3717

  Rahman, Saemah ^a   Mokhtar, Seri Bunian ^a   Hamzah, Ruhizan Mohd Yasin Mohd Izham Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Generic skills; Human capital; Technical Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858763436     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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