Future challenges for human resource development professionals in European learning-oriented organisations

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 442-453

  Buyens, Dirk ^a   Wouters, Karen ^a   Dewettinck, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Human resource development; Organizational learning; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170751     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590110410953     Document Type: Article

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