Development centres- a review of assumptions

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-92

  Carrick, Peter ^a   Chance, Clifford ^a   Williams, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001697005     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1999.tb00198.x     Document Type: Article

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