Skills in Australia: Towards Workforce Development and Sustainable Skill Ecosystems

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 575-592

  Hall, Richard ^a   Lansbury, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

skill ecosystems; skills; vocational education and training; workforce development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992785555     PISSN: 00198692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185606070106     Document Type: Article

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