“Employee - develop yourself!” Experiences of self-directed learners

Career Development International

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 261-266

  Margaret Stansfield, Lynda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee development; Experience; Management development; Self directed learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993016572     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620439710178594     Document Type: Article

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