Communities of practice as stimulating forces for collective learning

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 298-312

  Mittendorff, Kariene ^a   Geijsel, Femke ^b   Hoeve, Aimee ^c   de Laat, Maarten ^d   Nieuwenhuis, Loek ^c  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Stoas Research   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group work; Knowledge sharing; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746420548     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620610674971     Document Type: Article

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