Effectiveness of push and pull learning strategies in construction management

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 47-56

  Santos, Aguinaldo ^a   Powell, James Alfred ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Construction industry; Learning organizations; Production management; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077144     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620110383636     Document Type: Article

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