Lifelong Learning as a European Skill Formation Policy

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 401-417

  Nijhof, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

knowledge economy; knowledge society; lifelong learning; skill formation system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992816313     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484305281576     Document Type: Article

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