Organisational restructuring and downsizing: Issues related to learning, training and employability of survivors

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 29, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 488-508

  Carbery, Ronan ^a   Garavan, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Competences; Skills; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144493833     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590510610272     Document Type: Review

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