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8 - Genuine and Perceived Demographic Differences in Training and Development

from Part II - Understanding the Learner

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

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Tracy C. McCausland  and
Eden B. King
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Kenneth G. Brown
Kenneth G. Brown
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University of Iowa
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The Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Training and Employee Development , pp. 175 - 198
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Print publication year: 2017

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