Assessing training needs: Do work experience and capability matter?

Human Performance

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-48

  Dierdorff, Erich C ^a   Surface, Eric A ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWA Consulting Inc   (United States)

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EID: 39149083061     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959280701522072     Document Type: Article

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