Too academic to get a proper job? The difficult transition of PhDs to the “real world” of industry

Career Development International

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 212-217

  Jose Cabral Cardoso, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Career planning; Careers; Graduates; Job satisfaction; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986085983     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430110397505     Document Type: Article

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