The Boundary Approach of Competence: A Constructivist Aid for Understanding and Using the Concept of Competence

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 345-365

  Stoof, Angela ^a   Martens, Rob L ^a   Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a   Bastiaens, Theo J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84993746811     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484302013005     Document Type: Article

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