Factors influencing employment for tertiary education graduates at the selected universities

Agricultural Economics (Czech Republic)

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 376-387

  Stojanová, Hana ^a   Tomšík, Pavel ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Factors of success; Graduates of tertiary education level; Labour market; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906269056     PISSN: 0139570X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/136/2013-agricecon     Document Type: Article

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