Higher Education, Corporate Talent and the Stratification of Knowledge Work in the Global Labour Market

World Yearbook of Education 2015: Elites, Privilege and Excellence: The National and Global Redefinition of Educational Advantage

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 217-230

  Brown, Phillip ^d   Lauder, Hugh ^a   Sung, Johnny ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Institute for Adult Learning   (Singapore)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

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EID: 84979304000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315767307-21     Document Type: Chapter

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