Human resource development in small organizations

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 24, Issue , 2000, Pages 105-117

  Hill, Rosemary ^a   Stewart, Jim ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource development; Investors in People; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166498     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590010321070     Document Type: Article

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