Effectiveness of distal and proximal goals as transfer-of-training interventions: A field experiment

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-387

  Brown, Travor C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 33747171113     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1144     Document Type: Article

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