New perspectives on action learning: Developing criticality

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 657-668

  Anderson, Lisa ^a   Thorpe, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Language; Management development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986134501     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590410566570     Document Type: Article

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