An historical analysis of HRD knowledge: A critical review of "the foreman: Master and victim of doubletalk"

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 433-451

  Storberg Walker, Julia ^a   Bierema, Laura L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Human resource development; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149096132     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590810886553     Document Type: Article

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