Creating and using knowledge: An analysis of the differentiated nature of workplace learning environments

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 743-759

  Fuller, Alison ^a   Unwin, Lorna ^b   Felstead, Alan ^c   Jewson, Nick ^c   Kakavelakis, Konstantinos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35448988004     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920701582397     Document Type: Article

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