Human resource development in the Asia-Pacific

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-40

  Low, Linda ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPING REGION; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOUR MARKET; LABOUR SKILL;

ASIA; PACIFIC;

EID: 0031689996     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8411.00027     Document Type: Article

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