Does training generally work? The returns to in-company training

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 647-662

  Barrett, Alan ^a   O'Connell, Philip J ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

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EID: 0040483583     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390105400307     Document Type: Article

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