Tools for the improvement of organizational learning processes in innovation

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 320-331

  de Weerd Nederhof, Petra C ^a   Pacitti, Bernice J ^b   da Silva Gomes, Jorge F ^c   Pearson, Alan W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Oracle ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ISPA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job rotation; Organizational learning; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986042684     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620210449164     Document Type: Article

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