The impact of the learning organization environment on the organizational learning process in the Korean business context

Learning Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 468-485

  Song, Ji Hoon ^a   Jeung, Chang Wook ^b   Cho, Sei Hyoung ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Korea Labor Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human resource development; Korea; Learning; Learning organizations; Organizational learning process; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053333217     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696471111171312     Document Type: Article

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