Employability, skills and training in Portugal (1988-2000): Evidence from official data

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 336-357

  Tomé, Eduardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Case studies; Employment; Human resource management; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249785359     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590710756792     Document Type: Article

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