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Labour Market - Concepts, Functions, Features, Patterns

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  • Pasca Cornelia Serena

    (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babe? Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania)

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In an ever changing world, where economic growth interchanges with crisis, society and economy strategic resource is represented by the human resource (manpower or workforce). This article aims to tackle the presentation of a set of conceptual specifications that would reflect the difference between the labor market and the workforce related market concepts, analyzing the main functions and features of the labor market, as well as the presentation of main training and operational patterns of such market.

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  • Pasca Cornelia Serena, 2016. "Labour Market - Concepts, Functions, Features, Patterns," Management Strategies Journal, Constantin Brancoveanu University, vol. 34(4), pages 201-209.
    • Handle: RePEc:brc:journl:v:34:y:2016:i:4:p:201-209
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    Keywords

    labour market; concepts; features; functions; models;
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    JEL classification:

    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General

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