Learning styles inequity for small to micro firms (SMFs): Social exclusion through work-based e-learning practice in europe

Multicultural Education and Technology Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-140

  Hardaker, Glenn ^a   Dockery, Richard ^a   Sabki, Aishah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Small to medium sized enterprises; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650190375     PISSN: 1750497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17504970710759611     Document Type: Article

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