Communities of Competence: new resources in the workplace

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 17, Issue , 2005, Pages 7-23

  Smith, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a CRG Medical Foundation for Patient Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Competences; Jobs; Knowledge management; Productivity rate; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744379995     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620510574423     Document Type: Article

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