Accountability in training transfer: Adapting Schlenker's model of responsibility to a persistent but solvable problem

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 382-402

  Burke, Lisa A ^a   Saks, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability; Schlenker; Training; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350521649     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484309336732     Document Type: Article

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