A comparison of a competitive and non-competitive outdoor management development programme

Personnel Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 58-76

  Ibbetson, Adrian ^a   Newell, Sue ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Evaluation; Outdoor development; Team building; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033477748     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483489910248992     Document Type: Review

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