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10 - Driving Workforce Readiness

The Case for Community-Based HR Initiatives

from Part III - Disciplinary Outreach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2018

Joseph A. Allen
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Omaha
Roni Reiter-Palmon
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Omaha
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