Individual and organisational factors in competence acquisition

The Learning Potential of the Workplace

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 71-96

  Dave, Bartram ^a   Roe, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85143110430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789087903725_006     Document Type: Chapter

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