Continuing professional development in the legal profession: A practice-based learning perspective

Management Learning

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-250

  Gold, Jeff ^a,e   Thorpe, Richard ^b   Woodall, Jean ^c   Sadler Smith, Eugene ^d  

^a LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Learning; Practice; Professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247401194     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507607075777     Document Type: Article

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