Transfer of training: a case-study of outsourced training for staff from Bhutan

International Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-120

  Sofo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 58449131738     PISSN: 13603736     EISSN: 14682419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2007.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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