Organizational learning in the evaluation procedures: A qualitative study

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-49

  Chen, Kuan Nien ^a   Lin, Pei Chun ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU HUI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 39349096296     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.69.1.36     Document Type: Article

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