The determinants of training in SMEs in Northern Ireland

Education + Training

Volumn 44, Issue , 2002, Pages 443-450

  Reid, Renee S ^a   Harris, Richard I d ^b  

^a Management Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family firms; Human resource management; Northern Ireland; Small to medium sized enterprises; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131937     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910210449286     Document Type: Article

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