Perceptions of organizational learning practices among Yemeni university librarians

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-90

  Abdullah, Khaled Ateik Saeed ^a   Kassim, Norliya Ahmad ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Learning organization; Organizational learning; University librarians; Yemen

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949109566     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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