Employee involvement, the quality of training and the learning environment: An individual level analysis

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1667-1688

  Felstead, Alan ^a   Gallie, Duncan ^b   Green, Francis ^c   Zhou, Ying ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d International Survey Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee involvement; High involvement; Learning; Skills; Training; Work organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956547401     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.500489     Document Type: Article

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