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Technological Innovations and Employees’ Employability Development Challenges in Mauritius. The Mediating Effect of Career Anchors

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy
Volume 13 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mdke-2025-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2392-8042 | Journal ISSN: 2286-2668
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Language: English
Page range: 268 - 282
Submitted on: Jun 17, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 21, 2025
Published on: Sep 26, 2025
Published by: Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
technological innovations,
employability,
artificial intelligence,
digital transformation,
Mauritius labor market
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Macroeconomics,
Business management,
Business management, other,
Social sciences,
Sociology,
Labor, trade unions,
Sociology of economy, organizations, and industry

© 2025 Kossi Essèmou-Abalè ASSOGBAVI, Eric BINDAH, Rajendra Parsad GUNPUTH, published by Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative
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