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Roth, Gene. The Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development. Abingdon, Oxon: : Routledge. 2015. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=854073&site=ehost-live
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Werner J. Chapter 9: Human Resource Management and HRD. In: The Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development. Abingdon, Oxon: : Routledge. 2015. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=854073&site=ehost-live
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Illeris K. The fundamentals of workplace learning: understanding how people learn in working life. London: : Routledge 2011. http://le.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=4768318950002746&institutionId=2746&customerId=2745
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Evans K, Fuller A. Improving workplace learning. London: : Routledge 2006. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/leicester/detail.action?docID=4977155
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Malloch M. The SAGE handbook of workplace learning. Los Angeles, Calif: : SAGE 2011. http://le.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=5664684240002746&institutionId=2746&customerId=2745
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Fuller A, Munro A, Rainbird H. Workplace Learning in Context. Hoboken: : Taylor and Francis 2004. http://le.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=4767557860002746&institutionId=2746&customerId=2745
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Stephen Bach , and  Martin R. Edwards. Chapter 1: Human Resource Management in Transition. In: Managing Human Resources : Human Resource Management in Transition. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2012. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/leicester/reader.action?docID=1093957&query=#
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Fuller A, Rainbird H, Fuller A, et al. Chapter 3: The Employment Relationship and Workplace Learning. In: Workplace learning in context. London: : Routledge 2004.
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Stephen Bach , and  Martin R. Edwards. Chapter 2: Human Resource Management and Performance. In: Managing Human Resources : Human Resource Management in Transition. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2012. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/leicester/reader.action?docID=1093957&query=#
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Evans K, Fuller A. Chapter 1: Workplace Learning: Perspectives and Challenges. In: Improving workplace learning. London: : Routledge 2006.
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Carbery R, Cross C. Chapter 2: Strategic HRD. In: Human Resource Development: A Concise Introduction. Basingstoke: : Palgrave Macmillan 2015. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/leicester/detail.action?docID=4762925
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Fuller A, Rainbird H, Fuller A, et al. Chapter 2: Political Economy and Workplace Learning. In: Workplace learning in context. London: : Routledge 2004.
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Evans K, Fuller A. Chapter 4: Learner biographies, workplace practices, and learning. In: Improving workplace learning. London: : Routledge 2006. http://ezproxy.lib.le.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.myilibrary.com?id=71549
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