Employee perceptions of their workplaces as learning environments

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 417-434

  Coetzer, Alan ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Employees; Individual behaviour; Manufacturing systems; New Zealand; Small enterprises; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548636104     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620710819375     Document Type: Article

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