A new approach to small business training: Community based education

Education and Training

Volumn 50, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 697-712

  Redmond, Janice ^a   Walker, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Learning methods; Recruitment; Retention; Small enterprises; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349097528     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810917073     Document Type: Article

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