The Learning Transfer System Inventory (LTSI) in Ukraine: The cross-cultural validation of the instrument

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 377-401

  Yamkovenko, Bogdan V ^a   Holton III, Elwood ^a   Bates, R A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Learning processes; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249817080     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590710756819     Document Type: Article

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