Understanding the new Investors in People standard - Lessons from experience

Personnel Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 583-604

  Collins, Lorna A ^a   Smith, Alison J ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Culture (sociology); Investors in people; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744295798     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480410550170     Document Type: Article

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