Learning organisation disciplines and internet usage: An empirical study from Malaysia

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 462-483

  Mohd Fairuz, Abd Rahim ^a   Chong, Siong Choy ^b   Chew, Kok Wai ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Putra International College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Information Technology; Internet; IT; Learning; Learning Organisation; LO; Malaysian companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749084935     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2008.018762     Document Type: Article

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