Development and validation of a questionnaire on informal workplace learning outcomes: A study among socio-educational care workers

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2391-2410

  Kyndt, Eva ^a,b   Govaerts, Natalie ^b   Verbeek, Els ^c   Dochy, Filip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Department of the city of Antwerp ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Informal learning; Learning outcomes; Socio educational care workers; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896368071     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bct056     Document Type: Article

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