Employee training in Australia: Evidence from AWIRS

Economic Record

Volumn 80, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages

  Almeida Santos, Filipe ^a,b   Mumford, Karen A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Portuguese Catholic University Viseu   (Portugal)

^c National Institute for Labour Studs   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; TRAINING; WAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444262838     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2004.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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