The impact on career development of learning opportunities and learning behavior at work

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-179

  Van der Sluis, Lidewey E C ^a   Poell, Rob F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 21844461349     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1058     Document Type: Article

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