VET practitioners working with private enterprises: A "third space"?

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 478-494

  Harris, Roger ^a   Simons, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Learning; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750717229     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620610693033     Document Type: Article

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