Human Capital Elements and their Influence on Perfromance Evidence from Ugandas Manufacturing Firms

Sulait Tumwine; Sentrine Nasiima; Dr. Nixon Kamukama

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Sulait Tumwine
Sentrine Nasiima
Dr. Nixon Kamukama

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human capital, education, experience, motivation, medium

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Human Capital Elements and their Influence on Perfromance Evidence from Ugandas Manufacturing Firms. (2014). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 14(15), 19-28. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/

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