High potential identification policies: An empirical study among Belgian companies

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 660-678

  Pepermans, Roland ^a   Vloeberghs, Daniël ^b   Perkisas, Britt ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Human resource strategies; Management development; Organizational culture; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642618983     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710310487846     Document Type: Article

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