The transfer of training: What really matters

International Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-120

  Grossman, Rebecca ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 79955958262     PISSN: 13603736     EISSN: 14682419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2011.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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