Training evaluation based on cases of Taiwanese benchmarked high-tech companies

International Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-48

  Lien, Bella Ya Hui ^a   Hung, Richard Yu Yuan ^b   McLean, Gary N ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TOKO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 42249110988     PISSN: 13603736     EISSN: 14682419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2007.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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