Generic Skills at Work

Implications for Occupationally-Oriented Education

Cathleen Stasz

ResearchPosted on rand.org 1998Published in: Key Qualifications in Work and Education / W.J. Nijhof and J.N. Streumer (eds.) (Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998), Chapter 12, p. 186-206

This chapter takes a socio-cultural approach to examine generic skills in the context of technical work, with a particular focus on three skills: problem solving, communications, and teamwork.

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  • Copyright: Kluwer Academic Publishers
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 1998
  • Pages: 20
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: EP-199800-28

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