The role of trainee and environmental factors in transfer of training: An exploratory framework

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 268-276

  Elangovan, A R ^a   Karakowsky, Leonard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employee development; Training; Training costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173641     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739910287180     Document Type: Article

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