Agile learning strategies for sustainable careers: a review and integrated model of feedback-seeking behavior and reflection

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 28, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-57

  Anseel, Frederik ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 85028542358     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.07.001     Document Type: Review

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