To use Competencies or not to use Competencies? That is the Question

Individual Differences and Development in Organisations

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 107-130

  Sparrow, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic research; Behavioural competency; Benchmarking; Human resource management; Management functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948740505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753392.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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