African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

Can training and career development be considered best practices using the universal and contingency approaches?

Pedro Nunez-Cacho
  • Pedro Nunez-Cacho
  • Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Juridicas.Universidad de Jaen, Campus Universitario de las Lagunillas s/n23071-JAEN- Spain.
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Felix A. Grande-Torraleja
  • Felix A. Grande-Torraleja
  • Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Juridicas. Universidad de Jaen, Campus Universitario de las Lagunillas s/n23071-JAEN- Spain.
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Jose Daniel Lorenzo-Gomez
  • Jose Daniel Lorenzo-Gomez
  • Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales.Universidad de Cadiz Avenida Duque de Najera, 8 11002, Cadiz L, Spain.
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  •  Received: 14 June 2012
  •  Accepted: 22 September 2014
  •  Published: 14 October 2014

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