Between ideal and tradition: the roles of HRD practitioners in South Australian organisations

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 356-368

  Koornneef, Marieke J ^a   Oostvogel, Karen B C ^a   Poell, Rob F ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human resource development; Learning methods; Trainers; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444488815     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590510603405     Document Type: Article

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