Linking workplace literacy skills and transfer system perceptions

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-170

  Bates, Reid ^a   Holton, Elwood F ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747185745     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1096     Document Type: Article

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