Developing human resources for the technical workforce: a comparative study of Korea and Thailand

International Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-94

  Hawley, Joshua D ^a   Paek, Jeeyon ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449712891     PISSN: 13603736     EISSN: 14682419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-3736.2005.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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