Antecedents of Employees' Involvement in Work-Related Learning: A Systematic Review

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-313

  Kyndt, Eva ^a,b   Baert, Herman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

formal learning; human resource development; informal learning; learning intention; work related learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877129103     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654313478021     Document Type: Article

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