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Barton, Dick – Vocational Training: European Journal, 1996
A study of the software industry, in which required skills change rapidly and skills shortages frequently occur, showed how work projects were designed with restricted opportunities for workers to acquire new skills. Skill development was not valued by management. The industry may thus be abetting its own skills shortage. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Computer Software, Job Skills, Labor Supply
