The impact of work environment on the changing level of motivation to transfer;Die bedeutung des arbeitsumfelds für die veränderung der transfermotivation

Zeitschrift fur Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-102

  Leitl, Julia ^a   Zempel Dohmen, Jeannette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motivation to transfer; Training; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646411513     PISSN: 09324089     EISSN: 21906270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089.50.2.92     Document Type: Review

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