Investigating the structural relationships among organisational support, learning flow, learners' satisfaction and learning transfer in corporate e-learning

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 973-984

  Joo, Young Ju ^a   Lim, Kyu Yon ^b   Park, Su Yeong ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURSE DEVELOPMENT; COURSEWARE; HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING TRANSFER; ONLINE SURVEYS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP;

CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; SURVEYS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 80054975703     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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