The role of national context and HR strategy in shaping training and development practice in French and U.K. organizations

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 839-856

  Tregaskis, Olga ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative training; Employee development; French U.K. education systems; Human resource management; Institutional structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040238670     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800507     Document Type: Article

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