Factors influencing employee learning in small businesses

Education + Training

Volumn 50, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 648-660

  Coetzer, Alan ^a   Perry, Martin ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Small enterprises; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349118861     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810917037     Document Type: Article

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