The effects of epistemological beliefs on workplace learning

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 284-292

  Bauer, Johannes ^a   Festner, Dagmar ^a   Gruber, Hans ^a   Harteis, Christian ^a   Heid, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Epistemology; Learning; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993028474     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620410545561     Document Type: Article

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