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Personal perspective on the challenges confronting the HRD field of study and practice: A ‘wake-up’ call for HRD practitioners and HRD scholars Cover

Personal perspective on the challenges confronting the HRD field of study and practice: A ‘wake-up’ call for HRD practitioners and HRD scholars

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|Feb 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 141 - 153
Published on: Feb 24, 2025
Published by: University Forum for Human Resource Development & World Federation of People Management Associations
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