The Social Construction of Competition for Graduate Jobs: A Comparison between Great Britain and the Netherlands

Sociology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-283

  Tholen, Gerbrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competition; cross national comparison; education; graduate employability; labour market; skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876185438     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038512444815     Document Type: Article

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