Towards a framework for organizational learning

Learning Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 276-299

  Small, Adrian ^a   Irvine, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Learning organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646037647     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470610661126     Document Type: Review

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