Learning in an age of cuts: Managers as enablers of workplace learning

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-57

  Warhurst, Russell P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coaching; Communities of practice; Managers as developers; Non formal workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872037120     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665621311288476     Document Type: Article

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