The role of networks and connections in educational elites' labour market entrance

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 142-154

  Tholen, Gerbrand ^a   Brown, Phillip ^b   Power, Sally ^b   Allouch, Annabelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

Connections; Elites; Graduate labour market; Higher education; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888186252     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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