Job design for learning in work groups

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 269-285

  Lantz, Annika ^a   Brav, Agneta ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Group work; Innovation; Job design; Sweden; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347392099     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620710757833     Document Type: Article

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