Strategic HRD practices as key factors in organizational learning

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 418-432

  Tseng, Chien Chi ^a   McLean, Gary N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resource development; Leadership; Mission statements; Organizational effectiveness; Organizational learning; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249105929     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590810886544     Document Type: Article

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