Creating and sustaining economic growth through human resources in the Caribbean

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-239

  Ramlall, Sunil J ^a   Owens, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; employee training and development; firm performance; human resource development; human resource management; workforce development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745853071     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2005.007103     Document Type: Article

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