Small business owners: Too busy to train?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-306

  Walker, Elizabeth ^a   Redmond, Janice ^a   Webster, Beverley ^b   Le Clus, Megan ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adult education; Human resource management; Skills; Small enterprises; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547451287     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000710746718     Document Type: Article

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