Relationship between participation in communities of practice and organizational socialization in the early careers of south korean it employees

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-427

  Chang, Joohee ^a   Chang, Wonsup ^b   Jacobs, Ronald ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Community of practice (CoP); Organizational socialization; South Korea; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006050376     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860903135805     Document Type: Article

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