The effects of some attitudinal and organizational factors on transfer outcome

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue , 1998, Pages 309-317

  Cheng, Eddie W l ^a   ho, Danny C k ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Learning; MBAs; Multiple regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014850     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949810219873     Document Type: Article

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