Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment and management. Policy makers and managers often consider the better development of skills to be the answer to a range of practical and policy challenges. This handbook sheds new light on all the major issues...

In recent times the ambit of skills policy has broadened. The recent preoccupation with supply side issues (e.g. increasing the number of citizens with higher level qualifications), in particular, is being questioned. Demand side matters (e.g. how employers develop and use skills) are now...