Company-based lifelong learning: What's the pay-off for employers?

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 24, Issue , 2000, Pages 149-157

  Pate, Judy ^a   Martin, Graeme ^a   Beaumont, Phil ^b   McGoldrick, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Learning; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986108419     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590010321115     Document Type: Article

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