Training in Thai SMEs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 678-693

  Thassanabanjong, Kitiya ^a   Miller, Peter ^b   Marchant, Teresa ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human resource development; Human resource management; Small to medium sized enterprises; Thailand; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149097326     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000911000992     Document Type: Article

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