Employee demographics and job training satisfaction: The relationship between dimensions of diversity and satisfaction with job training

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-312

  Schmidt, Steven W ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee demographics; Employee diversity; Job satisfaction; Job training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015466698     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860902982082     Document Type: Article

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