Using e-mentoring to sustain distance training and education

Learning Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Homitz, Daniel James ^a   Berge, Zane L ^b  

^a The Engle Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Education; Mentoring; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949090477     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470810879574     Document Type: Article

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