“Graduateness” – who cares? Graduate identity in small hospitality firms

Education + Training

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 264-271

  Jameson, Stephanie M ^a   Holden, Rick ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graduates; Hospitality industry; Labour market; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132031     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910010373714     Document Type: Article

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