Workplace learning in the New Zealand apple industry network. A new co-design method for government "practice making"

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 359-376

  Hill, Roberta ^a   Capper, Phillip ^b   Wilson, Ken ^b   Whatman, Richard ^c   Wong, Karen ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b WEB Research   (New Zealand)

^c NZ Department of Labour   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Best practice; Government policy; Horticulture; New Zealand; Small to medium sized enterprises; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547750779     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620710777101     Document Type: Article

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