Survival and decline of the apprenticeship system in the Australian and UK construction industries

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-438

  Toner, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 49249093513     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00680.x     Document Type: Review

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