Commonly held theories of human resource development

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-93

  Weinberger, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic theory; Human resource development; Learning theory; Performance improvement; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542627401     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678869800000009     Document Type: Article

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