Cultural myths in stories about human resource development: analysing the cross-cultural transfer of American models to Germany and the Côte d'Ivoire

International Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-30

  Hansen, Carol D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41649102864     PISSN: 13603736     EISSN: 14682419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2419.00168     Document Type: Article

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