Theorising and practitioners in HRD: The role of abductive reasoning

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-246

  Gold, Jeff ^a   Walton, John ^b   Cureton, Peter ^c   Anderson, Lisa ^d  

^a LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource development; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953283440     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591111120395     Document Type: Article

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