‘We can giggle about being thick together’: Utilising the social dimensions of learning in the workplace

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-352

  Maclachlan, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992943917     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740400200182     Document Type: Article

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