Informal and Incidental Learning in the Workplace

Handbook of Research on Adult Learning and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 570-600

  Marsick, Victoria J ^a   Watkins, Karen E ^b   Callahan, Mary Wilson ^c   Volpe, Marie ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Magellan Center   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203887882-24     Document Type: Chapter

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