Fitting to the job: The role of generic and vocational competencies in adjustment and performance

Labour Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-229

  Heijke, Hans ^a   Meng, Christoph ^a   Ris, Catherine ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Generic and vocational competencies; Job match; On the job training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037380060     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(03)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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