The differences between hard and soft skills and their relative impact on training transfer

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-122

  Laker, Dennis R ^a   Powell, Jimmy L ^b  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Center for Organizational Excellence   (United States)

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EID: 79952794901     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.20063     Document Type: Article

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