The antecedents of training activity in British small and medium-sized enterprises

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 531-552

  Hoque, Kim ^a   Bacon, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advisory networks; Investors in People; Small and medium sized enterprises; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747585575     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017006067000     Document Type: Article

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