Spanish trade unions and the provision of continuous training: Partnership at a distance

Employee Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 500-515

  Rigby, Mike ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Partnering; Spain; Trade unions; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180759     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450210443276     Document Type: Article

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