Information economy and changing occupational structure in Singapore

Information Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 281-293

  Kuo, Eddie C Y ^a   Linda, Low ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Information economy; Occupational structure; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044385149     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019722401753330878     Document Type: Article

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