The politics of training needs analysis

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 141-153

  Clarke, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational politics; Training needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073963     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620310474598     Document Type: Article

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