Meeting the needs of the workplace and the learner through work-based learning

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-187

  Rhodes, Garth ^a   Shiel, Gillian ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Action research; Project management; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247169625     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620710735648     Document Type: Article

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