Researching graduates' lived experiences of vocational learning

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-275

  Leach, Tony ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'lived' apprenticeship; communities of practice; job demand job control; managing change; phenomenological perspective; psychological contract; vocational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861310883     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596748.2012.673919     Document Type: Article

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