Training, it’s a load of crap!’: The story of the hairdresser and his ‘suit

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-399

  Gold, Jeff ^a   Thorpe, Richard ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business support; Small and medium sized enterprises; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986898945     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860802261579     Document Type: Article

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