No idea? Evaluating the effectiveness of creativity training

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-111

  Birdi, Kamal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee participation; Human resourcing; Performance appraisal; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844434677     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590510585073     Document Type: Article

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