Introduction: Company training and services with a focus on low skills

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Asplund, Rita ^a   Salverda, Wiemer ^b  

^a Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employees development; Skills; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042733284     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410524965     Document Type: Review

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