Engaging a new generation of graduates

Education and Training

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 366-378

  Shaw, Sue ^a   Fairhurst, David ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b McDonald's Restaurants Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age groups; Graduates; Human resource management; Individual development; Training evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249130283     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810889057     Document Type: Article

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