Bridge employment: Lessons learned and future prospects for research and practice

Bridge Employment: A Research Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 269-290

  Alcover, Carlos María ^a   Topa, Gabriela ^b   Parry, Emma ^c   Fraccaroli, Franco ^d   Depolo, Marco ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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