Regulating skill formation in Europe: German, Norwegian and Spanish Policies on transferable skills

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-340

  Lucio, Miguel Martnez ^a,e   Skule, Sveinung ^b   Kruse, Wilfried ^c   Trappmann, Vera ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lifelong learning; Skills; Social partners; Supply side corporatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349010162     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680107081744     Document Type: Article

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