The Learning Transfer System Inventory (LTSI) translated into French: internal structure and predictive validity

International Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-199

  Devos, Christelle ^a   Dumay, Xavier ^a   Bonami, Michel ^a   Bates, Reid ^a   Holton, Elwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 42249103042     PISSN: 13603736     EISSN: 14682419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2007.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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