Company-level strategies for raising basic skills: A comparison of corus Netherlands and UK

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-360

  Leisink, Peter ^a   Greenwood, Ian ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative industrial relations; Line management; Steel industry; Workplace training

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348980287     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680107081745     Document Type: Article

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