Toward full participation in management consulting practice: Experiences of recent college graduates

Education and Training

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-30

  Chao, Chia An ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduates; Training; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844429260     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910510580601     Document Type: Article

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