Training practices of multinational companies in Asia

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 472-494

  Zheng, Connie ^a   Hyland, Paul ^a   Soosay, Claudine ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Human resource management; Multinational companies; Professional ethics; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547690709     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590710772659     Document Type: Article

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