Small firm organisational learning: Comparing the perceptions of need and style among UK support service advisors and small firm managers

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-43

  Chaston, Ian ^a   Badger, Beryl ^a   Sadler Smith, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management; Organizational learning; Organizational performance; Small firms; Surveys; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014776     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090599910253564     Document Type: Article

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