Developing core skills – lessons from Germany and Sweden

Education + Training

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-32

  Gibbons Wood, David ^a   Lange, Thomas ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core competencies; Germany; Skills; Sweden; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018824     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910010317077     Document Type: Article

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