Don’t forget to write’: How reflective learning journals can help to facilitate, assess and evaluate training transfer

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-481

  Brown, Travor ^a   McCracken, Martin ^b   O'Kane, Paula ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Qualitative analysis; Reflection; Reflective learning journal; Training evaluation; Training transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871274510     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2011.601595     Document Type: Article

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