Training under fire: The relationship between obstacles facing training and SMEs' development in Palestine

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-116

  AlMadhoun, Mohammed ^a,b  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

^b Department of Training and Management Development ^*

Author keywords

Management training; Palestine; Regression analysis; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644901006     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590610651249     Document Type: Article

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