Putting skills to work: Learning and employment at the start of the century

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 3-12

  Grugulis, Irena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33144482631     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00087.x     Document Type: Article

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