Supervisor behaviours that facilitate training transfer

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-22

  Lancaster, Sue ^a   di Milia, Lee ^a   Cameron, Roslyn ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Information transfer; Leadership development; Qualitative research; Supervisor support; Training methods; Training transfer; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872025914     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665621311288458     Document Type: Article

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