Learning to become a machine operator: The dialogical relationship between context, self, and content

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-221

  Brockman, Julie L ^a   Dirkx, John M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746095763     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1169     Document Type: Article

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