Training and industrial restructuring: Structural change and labour mobility in West Germany and Sweden

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Korpi, Tomas ^a   Mertens, Antje ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Change management; Germany; Labour mobility; Skills; Sweden; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042857711     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410525018     Document Type: Review

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