Competencies, Higher Education and Career in Japan and the Netherlands

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Allen, Jim (Editor), Inenaga, Yuki (Editor), Velden, Rolf van der (Editor), Yoshimoto, Keiichi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Higher education dynamics, 21
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Labor economics.; Sociology.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; International and Comparative Education.; Sociology, general.; Labor Economics.

This book investigates how social and cultural factors affect the education, training and career development of graduates of higher education in Japan and the Netherlands. Despite their different historical paths, both countries are now subject to the common pressure of globalization. As a result, t...