Company training and low-skill consumer-service jobs in Ireland

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Hughes, Gerard ^a   O'Connell, Philip J ^a   Williams, James ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Service industries; Skills; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042734518     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410524974     Document Type: Review

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