UK construction skills in the context of European developments

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 553-567

  Clarke, Linda ^a   Wall, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Labour; Skills; Training

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS;

CONSTRUCTION WORKS; EUROPE; FURTHER TRAININGS; LABOUR; MAINTENANCE OF SKILLS; SKILLS; SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP; TRAINING WORKSHOPS;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 0008216936     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998372097     Document Type: Article

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