Measuring the Effects of a Manager-Supervisor Training Program Through the Generalized Performance of Managers, Supervisors, Front-Line Staff and Clients in a Human Service Setting

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 3-34

  Bradshaw, Beth ^a   Methot, Laura L ^a   Cummings, Anne ^a   Williams, W Larry ^a  

^a Western Michigan University and Surrey Place Centre ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 0002736975     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J075v16n02_02     Document Type: Article

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