Water-tight or sinking? A consideration of the standards of the contemporary assessment practices underpinning seafarer licence examinations and their implications for employers

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-92

  Sampson, Helen ^a   Gekara, Victor ^b   Bloor, Michael ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; SHIPPING;

EID: 78651242076     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2010.533713     Document Type: Article

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