The training of civil servants in the Slovene state administration: Issues in introducing training evaluation

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 653-676

  Vukovic, Goran ^a   Zavrsnik, Bruno ^a   Rodic, Blaz ^b   Miglic, Gozdana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b University and Research Centre Novo Mesto   (Slovenia)

^c Ministry of Public Administration   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Civil servants; Evaluation; State administration; Training; Training effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CIVIL SERVICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK; TRAINING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149340023     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852308098473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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