The practice of organization and human resource development in the USA’s fastest growing firms

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 17-33

  Church, Allan H ^a   Mcmahan, Gary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Human resource development; Organizational change; Organizational development; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986079187     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739610111204     Document Type: Article

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