Deconstructive organisational learning: the possibilities for a postmodern epistemology of practice

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 172-183

  Garrick, John ^a   Rhodes, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 85013952029     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.1998.11730681     Document Type: Article

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