The small enterprise in the training market

Education and Training

Volumn 50, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 661-673

  Bishop, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational behaviour; Small enterprises; Training; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349111505     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810917046     Document Type: Article

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