The significance of workplace learning for a ‘learning society’

Working to Learn: Transforming Learning in the Workplace

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 7-28

  Evans, Karen ^a   Rainbird, Helen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85116870047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203417164-9     Document Type: Chapter

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