Communication apprehension among master's of business administration students: Investigating a gap in communication education

Communication Education

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-58

  Burk, John ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DLR Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication apprehension; Communication education; Managerial communication; MBA students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035583785     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520109379231     Document Type: Article

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