Workplace learning: Dilemmas for the European steel industry

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-480

  Stroud, Dean ^a   Fairbrother, Peter ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Employability; Employment; Skill needs; Steel industry; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750327149     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080600988731     Document Type: Review

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