Realizing sustainable development of higher education in Malaysia through 'soft skills'

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Salih, Maria ^a  

^a SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Higher education; Human capital; Malaysia; Soft skills; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866275541     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2008/v1i5.9     Document Type: Article

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