Making human resource development work: A case study on internal training within the Eastern Cape textile industry, South Africa

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-464

  Wood, Geoffrey ^a   Sella, Ronit ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b Rhodes University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Internal Training; International Competitiveness; Multi SKILLING; Textile Manufacturing; Transitional Economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748298218     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713767871     Document Type: Article

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