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Discipline-specific and academic competencies of the higher educated: their value in the labour market and their acquisition in education

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  • Heijke, J.A.M.

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  • Meng, C.M.

    (Research Centre for Educ and Labour Mark)

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  • Heijke, J.A.M. & Meng, C.M., 2006. "Discipline-specific and academic competencies of the higher educated: their value in the labour market and their acquisition in education," ROA Working Paper 9E, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
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    DOI: 10.26481/umarow.200609E
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    6. Heijke, Hans & Meng, Christoph & Ris, Catherine, 2003. "Fitting to the job: the role of generic and vocational competencies in adjustment and performance," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 215-229, April.
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    2. Soete, Luc, 2012. "Maastricht Reflections on Innovation," MERIT Working Papers 2012-001, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
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    4. Anthony Akwesi Owusu & Edward Marfo-Yiadom & Georgina Asi Owusu (Mrs.), 2014. "Undergraduate Competences as Labour Market Mechanism for Curriculum Alignment in Ghana: Case of University of Cape Coast School of Business," International Journal of Business and Social Research, LAR Center Press, vol. 4(9), pages 27-42, September.

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