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Cinderella Revisited: A Historical Perspective to Graduate Work in Retailing

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  • Ho Keat Leng

    (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Address: 50)

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The retail industry has been employing more graduates in recent years but unfortunately, it has been met with limited success. The purpose of this paper is to provide a historical perspective to the employment of graduates in the retail industry by firstly examining the nature of retail work and how it has changed over the last century. Subsequently, the paper examines the debate on the role of education and training in the retail industry. Drawing on these examinations, the paper concludes that retailers need to realign their graduate employment policies to match what they are able to offer to what graduates need

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  • Ho Keat Leng, 2013. "Cinderella Revisited: A Historical Perspective to Graduate Work in Retailing," Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, Danubius University of Galati, issue 9(1), pages 181-194, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:dug:actaec:y:2013:i:1:p:181-194
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    1. Paul Freathy, 1997. "Employment Theory and the Wheel of Retailing: Segmenting the Circle," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(3), pages 413-431, July.
    2. Sven Illeris, 2002. "Are Service Jobs as Bad as Theory Says? Some Empirical Findings from Denmark," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(4), pages 1-18, October.
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