Practices and challenges of the training and utilization of labour in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of the Eritrean civil service*

International Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 214-230

  Tessema, Mussie Teclemichael ^a,b   Soeters, Joseph L ^b   Abraham, Kiflemariam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33750206746     PISSN: 13603736     EISSN: 14682419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2005.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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