Borrowing From Others: Appropriating Social Capital Theories for “Doing” HRD

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-340

  Storberg Walker, Julia ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

multiparadigm; social capital; theory development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990378571     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422306304097     Document Type: Article

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