Learning in the workplace: Communities of practice and beyond

The SAGE Handbook of Workplace Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 73-85

  Cairns, Len ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874717318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446200940.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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