Participation in voluntary training activities in the Canadian banking industry: Do gender and managerial status matter?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 666-678

  Renaud, Stéphane ^a   Morin, Lucie ^b   Cloutier, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Gender; Managers; Training; Voluntary actions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750734715     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720610708275     Document Type: Article

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