Informal workplace learning: An exploration of age differences in learning competence

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 383-399

  Schulz, Melanie ^a   Stamov Roßnagel, Christian ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age differences; Informal learning; Memory self efficacy; Self regulation; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952884446     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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