Human resource development and its underlying theory

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-312

  Swanson, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discipline Of Hrd; Hrd Theory; Theory Building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988930166     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860110059311     Document Type: Article

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