Whither 'training and development' in vietnam?: Learning from united states and Japanese MNCS' practice

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-192

  Cox, Anne ^a   Warner, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HRD; Human resource management; Japanese MNCs; Training and development; US MNCs; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891135168     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7941.2012.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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