Economic Foundation of Human Resource Development: Advancing the Theory and Practice of the Discipline

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 763-769

  Swanson, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

economic theory; HRD foundation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992829174     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422308324425     Document Type: Article

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