Employees' perceptions of skill and some implications for training in three UK manufacturing firms

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 503-519

  Thursfield, Denise ^a  

^a LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fordism; Perceptions; Post FORDISM; Skill; Taylorism; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844503597     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136788600100047193     Document Type: Article

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