Tidying the territory: Questioning terms and purposes in work-learning research

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 265-278

  Fenwick, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Research; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746440596     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620610674953     Document Type: Article

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