Tracing the link: Organisational structures and skill demands

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 5-21

  Felstead, Alan ^a   Ashton, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006908779     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2000.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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