| Educating for the knowledge economy?: critical perspectives H Lauder, M Young, H Daniels, M Balarin, J Lowe Routledge, 2012 | 174* | 2012 |
| Credentials, talent and cultural capital: A comparative study of educational elites in England and France P Brown, S Power, G Tholen, A Allouch British Journal of Sociology of Education 37 (2), 191-211, 2016 | 166 | 2016 |
| What can research into graduate employability tell us about agency and structure? G Tholen British Journal of Sociology of Education 36 (5), 766-784, 2015 | 164 | 2015 |
| The role of networks and connections in educational elites’ labour market entrance G Tholen, P Brown, S Power, A Allouch Research in social stratification and mobility 34, 142-154, 2013 | 148 | 2013 |
| What we know and what we need to know about graduate skills S James, C Warhurst, G Tholen, J Commander Work, employment and society 27 (6), 952-963, 2013 | 95 | 2013 |
| Graduate employability and educational context: a comparison between Great Britain and the Netherlands G Tholen British Educational Research Journal 40 (1), 1-17, 2014 | 86 | 2014 |
| Higher education, graduate skills and the skills of graduates: the case of graduates as residential sales estate agents G Tholen, SJ Relly, C Warhurst, J Commander British Educational Research Journal 42 (3), 508-523, 2016 | 73 | 2016 |
| Symbolic closure: Towards a renewed sociological perspective on the relationship between higher education, credentials and the graduate labour market G Tholen Sociology 51 (5), 1067-1083, 2017 | 65 | 2017 |
| Self, Career and Nationhood: The contrasting aspirations of B ritish and F rench elite graduates S Power, P Brown, A Allouch, G Tholen The British Journal of Sociology 64 (4), 578-596, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
| Education, globalisation and the knowledge economy, a commentary for the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) P Brown, H Lauder, D Ashton, G Tholen TLRP, 2008 | 49 | 2008 |
| The Changing Nature of the Graduate Labour Market: Media, Policy and Political Discourses in the UK Tholen Palgrave MacMillan, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Graduate work: skills, credentials, careers, and labour markets G Tholen Oxford University Press, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
| The social construction of competition for graduate jobs: A comparison between Great Britain and the Netherlands G Tholen Sociology 47 (2), 267-283, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
| Higher education and the myths of graduate employability G Tholen, P Brown Higher education and social inequalities, 152-166, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |
| Towards a high-skilled, low-waged workforce? A review of global trends in education, employment and the labour market P Brown, D Ashton, H Lauder, G Tholen ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), 2008 | 38 | 2008 |
| Degree power: educational credentialism within three skilled occupations G Tholen British Journal of Sociology of Education 41 (3), 283-298, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| Modern work and the marketisation of higher education G Tholen Policy Press, 2022 | 20 | 2022 |
| Towards a high-skilled, low-waged workforce P Brown, D Ashton, H Lauder, G Tholen A review of global trends in education, employment and the labour market 10, 2008 | 19 | 2008 |
| Giving something back? Sentiments of privilege and social responsibility among elite graduates from Britain and France S Power, A Allouch, P Brown, G Tholen International Sociology 31 (3), 305-323, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
| The limits of higher education institutions as sites of work skill development, the cases of software engineers, laboratory scientists, financial analysts and press officers G Tholen Studies in Higher Education 44 (11), 2041-2052, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |