Graduate employment and underemployment: Opportunity for skill use and career experiences amongst recent business graduates

Education + Training

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 371-382

  Nabi, Ghulam R ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Graduates; Skills; Underemployment; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099508     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910310499947     Document Type: Article

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