Oral communication: The workplace needs and uses of business graduate employees

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-57

  Crosling, Glenda ^a,b   Ward, Ian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 1642280656     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(00)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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