Validation of the learning transfer system inventory: A study of supervisors in the public sector in Jordan

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-262

  Yaghi, Abdulfattah ^a   Goodman, Doug ^b   Holton, Elwood F ^c   Bates, Reid A ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 55049135293     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1238     Document Type: Article

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