Navigating the wilderness of becoming professional

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 526-536

  Johnsson, Mary C ^a   Hager, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Graduates; Mentoring; Skills; Working practices; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049118013     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620810900346     Document Type: Article

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