The economic pay-offs to informal training: Evidence from routine service work

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-89

  Liu, Xiangmin ^a   Batt, Rosemary ^a  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

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EID: 36448990096     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390706100104     Document Type: Article

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