How do hrd practitioners describe learning at work?

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-499

  Slotte, Virpi ^a   Tynjälä, Päivi ^b   Hytönen, Tuija ^c  

^a Everscreen   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Collaborative culture; Learning at work; Learning views; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992984368     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1367886042000245978     Document Type: Article

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