Investors in people: Market-led voluntarism in vocational education and training

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-153

  Hoque, Kim ^a   Taylor, Scott ^b   Bell, Emma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 16644372287     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2005.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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