Restructuring and Skill Needs: Will Firms Train?

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 559, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-140

  Salzman, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 0032350747     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716298559001010     Document Type: Article

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