Workplace training initiatives: Implications for women in the Australian workforce

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 268-274

  Wallace, Michelle ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Research; Statistics; Training; Women; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986116735     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590010372038     Document Type: Article

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