Learning climate and work group skills in care work

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 581-594

  Westerberg, Kristina ^a   Hauer, Esther ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elder care; Employees; Group dynamics; Learning; Managers; Skills; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049122462     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620910996151     Document Type: Article

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