Different skills and knowledge for different times: training in an Australian retail bank

Employee Relations

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-589

  Sappey, Richard B ^a   Sappey, Jennifer ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Banking; Competences; Human resource management; Interpersonal skills training; Management development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052252     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459910299884     Document Type: Article

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