Organisational learning and HRD: How appropriate are they for small firms?

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-51

  Saru, Essi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Human resource development; Learning organizations; Small and medium sized organizations; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846630373     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590710721727     Document Type: Article

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