What we know and what we need to know about graduate skills

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 952-963

  James, Susan ^a   Warhurst, Chris ^b   Tholen, Gerbrand ^a   Commander, Johanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analytical framework; graduate labour; skills of graduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890072708     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017013500116     Document Type: Article

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