The role of human resource development in preventing organisational stagnation

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 628-643

  Blackman, Deborah A ^a   Lee Kelley, Liz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource development; Learning; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646940968     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610668888     Document Type: Article

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