Leveraging human capital through an employee volunteer program: The case of ford motor company of Canada

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-134

  Bart, Chris ^a   Baetz, Mark C ^b   Pancer, S Mark ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communities; Employees; Learning; Mission statements; Voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949098781     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930910922941     Document Type: Article

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