The contributions of human resource development research across disciplines: A citation and content analysis

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-109

  Jeung, Chang Wook ^a   Yoon, Hea Jun ^a   Park, Sunyoung ^a   Jo, Sung Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79952783819     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.20062     Document Type: Article

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