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Workplace Change and Emerging Skills in Post-Pandemic Training Needs Assessment: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Public Sector

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy
Volume 13 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mdke-2025-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2392-8042 | Journal ISSN: 2286-2668
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Language: English
Page range: 323 - 339
Submitted on: Aug 4, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 14, 2025
Published on: Sep 26, 2025
Published by: Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
training needs assessment,
knowledge,
skills,
adaptability skills,
future skills,
reskilling,
post-pandemic era,
post-Covid-19
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Macroeconomics,
Business management,
Business management, other,
Social sciences,
Sociology,
Labor, trade unions,
Sociology of economy, organizations, and industry

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