In Search of the Holy Grail: Return on Investment Evaluation in Human Resource Development

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-85

  Russ Eft, Darlene ^a   Preskill, Hallie ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation; ROI; systems model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990321092     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422304272169     Document Type: Article

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