Life after graduation as a “very uncomfortable world”: An Australian case study

Education + Training

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-78

  Perrone, Lisa ^a   Vickers, Margaret H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Case studies; Graduates; Higher education; Phenomenology; Recruitment; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133101     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910310464044     Document Type: Article

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