Internationalization of the postdoctorate in the United States: Analyzing the demand for international postdoc labor

Higher Education

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 551-567

  Cantwell, Brendan ^a   Taylor, Barrett J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic labor; Academic mobility; Globalization; Postdoc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885953744     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-013-9621-0     Document Type: Article

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