Soft Skills: The Neglected Factor in Workplace Participation?

Labour and Industry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-89

  Connell, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 33748310970     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1998.10669187     Document Type: Article

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