Winning and losing in the creative industries: An analysis of creative graduates' career opportunities across creative disciplines

Cultural Trends

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 291-308

  Comunian, Roberta ^a   Faggian, Alessandra ^b   Jewell, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"Bohemian" graduates; creative industries; creative work; higher education; human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859653447     PISSN: 09548963     EISSN: 14693690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09548963.2011.589710     Document Type: Article

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