The role of individual and training design factors on training transfer

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 656-672

  Bhatti, Muhammad Awais ^a   Kaur, Sharan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Individual behaviour; Self development; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956305084     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591011070770     Document Type: Article

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