Managerial competency needs and training requests: The case of the Spanish tourist industry

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-52

  Agut, Sonia ^a   Grau, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

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EID: 33749237996     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1012     Document Type: Article

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