The economic utility of foreign language study

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-472

  Grosse, Christine Uber ^a   Tuman, Walter Vladimir ^a   Critz, Mary Anne ^a  

^a Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

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EID: 0141811652     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1998.tb05533.x     Document Type: Article

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