The added value of MBA studies - Graduates' perceptions

Personnel Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 589-601

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a   Leeming, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Managers; Masters of Business Administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844297456     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eum0000000005941     Document Type: Article

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