Innovative Work Behaviour in Vocational Colleges: Understanding How and Why Innovations Are Developed

Vocations and Learning

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-84

  Messmann, Gerhard ^a   Mulder, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activities; Innovative work behaviour; Triggers; Vocational teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952988261     PISSN: 1874785X     EISSN: 18747868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12186-010-9049-y     Document Type: Article

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