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The labor experiment.

K Schuster
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Foodservice professionals & down-and-outers are coming together in a daring, dynamic, government-funded training program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. that may become a model solution for the entry-level labor shortage.

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Career ChoiceFood Service, HospitalHospital Bed Capacity, 500 and overInservice TrainingLos AngelesModels, TheoreticalPersonnel ManagementWorkforceJournal Article

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K Schuster. 1990. The labor experiment.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10107076/

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