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Reflective Practice
International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives
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Reflective learning: a new leadership development framework driving engineering innovation

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Pages 352-377 | Received 22 Aug 2023, Accepted 13 Feb 2024, Published online: 18 Feb 2024

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