Breaking the boundary between personal-and work-life skills: parenting as a valuable experience for knowledge workers

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Rimbau Gilabert, Eva ^a   Miyar Cruz, David ^a   López de Pedro, José María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Complutense de Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

allocentric thinking; flexible thinking; informal learning; knowledge work; parenting skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649807119     PISSN: 17411009     EISSN: 17411017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2009.024542     Document Type: Article

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