Managing talent for organisational learning

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 540-557

  Vivas López, Salvador ^a   Peris Ortiz, Marta ^b   Rueda Armengot, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Knowledge creation; Large Spanish firms; Organisational design; Organisational learning; Talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052380357     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2011.042178     Document Type: Article

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