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Critical Reflection, Unlearning, and Engagement

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The goals of this chapter are to confirm the mediating effect of critical reflection on the relationship between reflection and individual unlearning, and to examine the effect of individual unlearning on work engagement.

Above all, the effective executive will slough off an old activity before he starts on a new one.

(Drucker, 1967, p. 107)

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Matsuo, M. (2021). Critical Reflection, Unlearning, and Engagement. In: Unlearning at Work. SpringerBriefs in Business. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3799-5_3

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