Managing Organizational Cultural Influences During the Implementation of Competency-Based Training

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-246

  Hatala, John Paul ^a   Gumm, James C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana Family Assistance Center

Author keywords

competency based training; cultural influences; model; organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990374991     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422305286154     Document Type: Article

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