Organisational knowledge in high-risk industries: supplementing model-based learning approaches

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-65

  Aase, Karina ^a   Nybø, Geir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

high risk organisations; learning constraints; organisational knowledge; practice based approaches; safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949130004     PISSN: 14794853     EISSN: 14794861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2005.006805     Document Type: Article

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