Reflection as a catalyst for organisational learning

Studies in Continuing Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-48

  Knipfer, Kristin ^a,b   Kump, Barbara ^c   Wessel, Daniel ^b   Cress, Ulrike ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^c KNOW CENTER   (Austria)

Author keywords

organisational learning; reflection; reflective learning; team learning; workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874427215     PISSN: 0158037X     EISSN: 1470126X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0158037X.2012.683780     Document Type: Article

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