Human resource development in small organizations

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-124

  Hill, Rosemary ^a   Stewart, Jim ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study research; Human resource development (HRD); Small organization; Small and medium sized enterprise (SME); Voluntary organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017224406     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678869900000013     Document Type: Article

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