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Adapting to the future: How microcredentials fuel self-directed learning in the evolving workplace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2025

Paige L. Peterson  and
Cody B. Cox
Paige L. Peterson*
Affiliation:
Industrial Organizational Psychology, St Mary’s University, San Antonio, USA
Cody B. Cox
Affiliation:
Industrial Organizational Psychology, St Mary’s University, San Antonio, USA
*
Corresponding author: Paige L. Peterson; Email: [email protected]
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2025 , pp. 139 - 142
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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