Postgraduate programs using action research

The Learning Organization

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 159-170

  Dick, Bob ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986019079     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470210428886     Document Type: Article

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