Learning for the workplace: A case study in graduate employees' generic competencies

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-242

  Quek, Ai Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Competences; Employees; Graduates; Malaysia; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344463913     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620510597185     Document Type: Article

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