Graduate training and development: Current trends and issues

Education + Training

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 357-365

  Connor, Helen ^a   Shaw, Sue ^b  

^a Helen Connor Research and Consultancy (HCRC)   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graduates; Human resource development; Recruitment; Training; Transition management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993044214     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810889048     Document Type: Article

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