The Mismanagement of Talent: Employability and Jobs in the Knowledge Economy

The Mismanagement of Talent: Employability and Jobs in the Knowledge Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-288

  Brown, Phillip ^a   Hesketh, Anthony ^b   Williams, Sarah ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Employability; Enterprise; Graduates; Higher education; Human creativity; Knowledge economy; Management; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921288352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199269532.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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