Transfer of training: Adding insight through social network analysis

Educational Research Review

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-47

  Bossche, Piet Van Den ^a,b   Segers, Mien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Social network analysis; Social support; Transfer of training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873452715     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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