Company-based determinants of training and the impact of training on company performance: Results from an international HRM survey

Personnel Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-331

  Hansson, Bo ^a  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Determinants; Human resource management; Jobs; Profit; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846697911     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480710726163     Document Type: Article

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