Perceived supervisor support climate, perceived investment in employee development climate, and business-unit performance

Human Resource Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 651-664

  Dysvik, Anders ^a   Kuvaas, Bård ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Organizational effectiveness; Supervisor subordinate relations; Training and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866784075     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21494     Document Type: Article

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