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Skills and Training: Reflections on a Recent British Contribution to Current Debates

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Grugulis I. (2008) Skills, Training and Human Resource Management: A Critical Text. Palgrave Macmillan, UK.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Ian Hampson
Ian Hampson*
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School of Organisation and Management, The University of New South Wales
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , November 2008 , pp. 129 - 143
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